Saskatchewan's Alcohol and Gaming Regulation Act
Posted by David Savoie on February 25, 2010 at 11:16 AM Comments comments (0)
Section 109 of Saskatchewan's Alcohol and Gaming Regulation Act, 1997 addresses the issue of beverage alcohol in vehicles and states:
Vehicles
109(1) Subject to subsection (2), no person by himself or herself, his or her employee or agent shall have or keep or consume or give beverage alcohol in a vehicle.
(2) Subsection (1) does not render it unlawful:
(a) to have beverage alcohol in a vehicle for the purpose of transporting the
beverage alcohol from the place at which it was lawfully obtained to a place
where it may be lawfully had, kept or consumed or from that place to another
place where it may be lawfully had, kept or consumed; or
(b) to have, keep, consume or give beverage alcohol in a vehicle for which the
authority has issued a special use permit.
(3) Clause (2)(a) does not apply respecting beverage alcohol being transported in a vehicle used for carrying passengers for hire or gain unless the beverage alcohol is in the possession of a person who is a bona fide passenger in the vehicle.
(4) A person who contravenes this section is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than $2,000, imprisonment for a term of two months or both.
In Saskatchewan's legislation homemade beverage alcohol is considered beverage alcohol for the purposes of the act and this section would allow an individual to transport beverage alcohol from one place where it may be legally consumed to another.
In Saskatchewan, there is no requirement that individuals obtain a permit to serve and consume beverage alcohol in a private place. The interpretation of a private place is contained in section 106 of the Alcohol and Gaming Regulation Act, 1997.
For more information about Saskatchewan’s legislation go to:
http://www.slga.gov.sk.ca/x3650.xml