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Under 18 years old: Except for 16 or 17 year olds having a meal in a pub (see below), it is against
the law for anyone under 18 to buy alcohol in a pub, off-licence, supermarket,
or other outlet, or for anyone to buy alcohol for someone under 18 to consume in
a pub or a public place. Some towns and cities have local by-laws banning drinking alcohol in public
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16 / 17 years old: The legal drinking age is 18. The only exception is that 16 and 17 year-olds may drink beer, wine or cider with a table meal in relevant premises, where accompanied by an adult aged 18 years or over. In all other cases, it is illegal for children under 18 to knowingly consume alcohol on relevant premises, or to buy or attempt to buy alcohol. An exception to this law is when a child has been asked to test-purchase alcohol from a relevant premises by a police officer or a trading standards officer. In these cases, the child will not be committing an offence. Our test purchasers are all of legal age, although emulating an under age drinker
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14 / 15 years old: it is unlawful to allow any unaccompanied child under the age of 16 to be present on authorised premises which are exclusively or primarily used for supply and consumption of alcohol on the premises. It is also unlawful to permit children under 16 not accompanied by an adult between midnight and 5 a.m. into any premises supplying alcohol for consumption there.
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Under 14 years old : A child is defined as being accompanied by an adult if they are in the company of an individual aged 18 or over - a factual and unambiguous event. If it is discovered that unaccompanied children under 16 are on premises restricted to them, the licensee or club (and other categories of persons) will be liable for prosecution
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Under 5 years old: It is illegal to give an alcoholic drink to a child under five except under
medical supervision in an emergency |
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