Licensing Act 2003
Commons · Question 15654 · Tabled 22 Nov 2024 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Alex Sobel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Licensing Act 2003 to include a legal definition of the term drunk.
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 29 Nov 2024
The High Court has set out in case law (Neale v E 1984) that the word ‘drunk’ should be given its ‘ordinary and natural meaning’.It is an offence under S.141 of the Licensing Act 2003 knowingly to serve alcohol to someone who is drunk. It is also an offen...