# Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol) (Wales) Act 2018, Section 10: Enforcement action by local authorities


(1) A local authority may—
(a) bring prosecutions in respect of offences in its area under this Act;
(b) investigate complaints in respect of alleged offences in its area under this Act;
(c) take any other steps with a view to reducing the incidence in its area of offences under this Act.
(2) A local authority must—
(a) consider, at least once in every period of twelve months, the extent to which it is appropriate for the authority to carry out in its area a programme of enforcement action in relation to this Act, and
(b) to the extent that it considers it appropriate to do so, carry out such a programme.
(3) In complying with subsection (2), an authority must in particular have regard to the following objectives—
(a) improving public health;
(b) protecting children from harm.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (2), a programme of enforcement action in relation to this Act is a programme involving the taking of all or any of the steps referred to in subsection (1).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2018/5/section/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-minimum-price-for-alcohol-wales-act-2018/section-10
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