Impact Assessment As a Result of The 1 KM Sacred Area Rule On Liquor Sales
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2013-09-06
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Ad hoc approach to the subject of alcohol such as 1kmSacred Area Rule for Liquor Sales Outlets, reflects the fact that due to the lack of a coherent far sighted National Alcohol Policy, it drives away the important and valuable contribution of the legal alcohol industry, by creating dry areas to satisfy the need of illegal illicit manufacturers involved in a harmful venture to the society. It is pertinent to review this situation carefully and defer the implementation of the 1km Sacred Area Rule for Liquor Sales Outlet until the formulation of a National Policy on Alcohol, as provided in the National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol Bill, taking into account policy recommendations envisaged in page 23, and until such time limiting the number of hours of operation of sale of liquor for affected outlets is suggested.
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Prepared by Institute of Policy Studies on the initiative of The Rockland Group; The Lion Brewery Ceylon Limited; Asia Pacific Brewery (Lanka) Limited; Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka; ID Lanka Limited
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Sri Lanka, Liquor, Alcohol, Sacred area rule, Liquor sales outlets