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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-scotland-act-2005/section-117",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-scotland-act-2005/section-117.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2005/16",
  "legislation_title": "Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-scotland-act-2005",
  "path": "section/117",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "117",
  "heading": "Offences relating to sale of alcohol to trade",
  "text": "(1) A person who sells alcohol to trade otherwise than from licensed premises or premises which are used exclusively for the purpose of the selling of goods (whether solely alcohol or not) to trade commits an offence.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 117(1) inserted (13.12.2010) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 188(3), 206(1); S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 117 in force at 1.9.2009 at 5.00 a.m. by S.S.I. 2007/472, art. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/16/section/117",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:20.073733+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}