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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-minimum-price-for-alcohol-wales-act-2018/section-1",
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  "legislation": "anaw/2018/5",
  "legislation_title": "Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol) (Wales) Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-minimum-price-for-alcohol-wales-act-2018",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Minimum price for alcohol",
  "text": "(1) The applicable minimum price for alcohol is to be calculated, for the purposes of section 2 of this Act, by applying the formula M × S × V, where—\n(a) M is whatever price is specified in regulations as being the minimum unit price for the purposes of this Act, expressed in pounds sterling,\n(b) S is the percentage strength of the alcohol, expressed as a cardinal number,\n(c) V is the volume of the alcohol, expressed in litres.\n(2) Where but for this subsection the applicable minimum price for alcohol would not be a whole number of pennies, it is to be rounded to the nearest whole penny (taking half a penny as being nearest to the next whole penny above).\n(3) For example—\n(a) in the case of a bottle of wine, S (percentage strength of the wine) is 12.5%, and V (volume of the wine) is 75 centilitres;\n(b) taking M (specified minimum unit price) to be £0.50, the applicable minimum price for the wine would be calculated as £0.50 × 12.5 × 0.75 = £4.69.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 1 in force at 14.10.2019 for specified purposes by S.I. 2019/1336, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 1 in force at 2.3.2020 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2020/175, reg. 2(a)"
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2018/5/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:06.125167+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."
}