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People granted licences under the new dispensation of the
Liquor Licences Bill 2021 have been warned to adhere to the tenets of the legislation or risk having their business shut down.
This caution came from Member of Parliament for St George South Dwight Sutherland as he contributed to debate on the bill in Parliament yesterday.
The legislation moves the granting of liquor licences from the courts to the Ministry of Commerce and allows a single application to cover business activity across the island during any given season of activity.
Sutherland, who is also Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment and a former Minister of Commerce and Small Business, cautioned those who might “want to circumvent the role of the police” and said there were clauses in the legislation that spoke to any attempts at contravening the proposed act and if “you involve yourself in any drug trafficking or any form of illegal activity the police has the right to shut you down”.