AWRS10300 - Introduction: relevant law

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp main areas of the law which apply to AWRS are:

Finance (No.2) Act 2023 Part 2, Chapter 7. 

Chapter 7 of Finance (No.2) Act 2023 provides the AWRS primary law, including criminal offences and civil penalties. It also provides the powers to make »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp Wholesaling of Controlled Liquor Regulations 2015.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp Wholesaling of Controlled Liquor Regulations 2015

Provides the regulations for the scheme and covers:

  • applications for approval
  • letters of registration
  • requirement to notify changes
  • unique reference numbers
  • conditions and restrictions
  • record-keeping
  • sales treated as controlled liquor
  • group approval
  • electronic communications â€� for example, the submission of online applications and other types of digital communication such as when a business advises HMRC of any variations to their approval
  • regulatory penalties
  • forfeiture of alcohol for any contraventions of the primary law and regulations.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýappse are in addition to general legal powers, for example, under the Customs & Excise Management Act 1979; Human Rights Act 1998 and the Revenue Traders (Accounts and Records) Regulations 1992.