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Title – Parents ‘to blame’ for teens binge drinking
Source – Metro
Date – 20th November 2007
For once the government blame someone else but the licensed retail trade for underage drinking and look to the root cause rather then blaming a trade who in the most part are fighting to maintain order in society by acting responsibly in their alcohol sales. How licensed retailers are expected to have any influence over sales to adults, who then pass on alcohol and cigarettes to their children, is an impossible question to answer.
However that does not mean that licensed retailers can wash their hands of the problem and knowingly selling alcohol that is destined for an underage drinker, irrespective of how old the purchaser is, remains an offence under the licensing act and you can and will be prosecuted if caught.
Having a good understanding of the Licensing Act 2003 is the responsibility of all employers within the trade and you must ensure that your staff are equally knowledgeable and competent, otherwise it is your business that will suffer and the employees and personal license holder who authorises these sales will be held culpable.
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