Labour and Workforce Development - Alcohol and Gaming Division
Liquor Licence: Beverage Room
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| Who Needs This Licence? |
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| Anyone who wants to operate a pub style facility in Nova Scotia serving beer and wine only (no hard liquor). |
| Issuing Department / Agency: |
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| Labour and Workforce Development
Nova Scotia Alcohol
and Gaming Division
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| Where can you get this Licence and / or further
information? |
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Phone: |
(902) 424-6160 [ Dartmouth Office ]
(902) 563-3495 [ Sydney Office ]
1-877-565-0556 (toll-free in Nova Scotia)
Note: If you call after normal business hours, your call will be returned
the next day. |
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Visit: |
Dartmouth location:
Alderney Gate, 5th floor
40 Alderney Drive
Dartmouth, NS
fax: (902) 424-6313 |
Sydney location:
Nova Scotia Power Building
235 Townsend Street
Sydney, NS
fax: (902) 563-3430 |
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(Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30
am to 4:30 pm) |
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E-mail: |
Licensing & Registration: agdlicense@gov.ns.ca
Investigation & Enforcement: agdinvest@gov.ns.ca
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Website: |
http://www.gov.ns.ca/lwd/agd/ |
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Write: |
Licensing Section
Alcohol and Gaming Division
P.O. Box 545
Dartmouth, NS B2Y 3Y8 |
| Application Forms & Process: |
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| To get an application form: |
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1) Download: | Application
for Liquor Licence: Beverage Room
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Please note: These forms are in Portable
Document Format (PDF), which requires the FREE Adobe® Acrobat® Reader. If
you do not have the Reader, you can download
the program FREE of charge. |
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| 2) Or phone, visit, write or e-mail one of the contact sources
listed above. The appropriate application form will be supplied
by mail, or may be picked up by the applicant.
The appropriate application kit will be supplied by mail or may be picked
up by the applicant. All requested documents must be submitted and the
applicant would appear before the Utilities and Review Board at a scheduled
public hearing. A written decision of the Board will follow. |
| Waiting Period: |
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| Approximately 2 months, after satisfactory completion of the application, depending on the number of hearings previously scheduled. |
| Expiry & Renewal: |
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| This licence is valid for 3 years. The renewal process is started by the Alcohol and Gaming Division, which will send a renewal form to the licence holder before the current licence expires.
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| Price: (No tax is charged) |
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| Initial Application: $272.07
Renewal: $489.73 (3 year term mandatory)
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| Related Requirements: |
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| 1) Occupancy Permit - Municipality
2) Zoning Clearance - Municipality
3) Food Establishment
Permit, Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Fisheries.
4) Fire Clearance, Office
of the Fire Marshal
5) Business Registration: Corporations: Corporations or Business / Company Registration: Limited Partnerships, N.S. Department of Business and Consumer Services: Registry of Joint Stock Companies
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| Additional Information: |
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| With this licence,
food service must be available, but it is not necessary for a customer
to buy food in order to buy beer or wine.
Liquor service is permitted from 10:00 AM until 2:00 AM, Monday through Saturday; Sunday from 12:00 NOON until 2:00 AM.
Special permits from the N.S. Liquor Corporation: Beverage
alcohol, besides being purchased to be consumed socially, is also used
for medicinal and health purposes, for flavouring or condiments in food
preparations, and for specially designated religious ceremonies.
All of these activities require a permit from the N.S.
Liquor Corporation. These special permits cover: Physicians,
Nursing Homes, Food Industry and Food Manufacturers, Pharmacists, Mechanical
& Scientific uses, Dentists, Hospitals and Sacramental Wine.
In addition, liquor suppliers and manufacturers operating in Nova Scotia
must be registered with the Corporation. These include private Retail
outlets, manufacturing sites, warehousing sites, and special operations,
such as: Hospitality rooms, Brew pubs, Farm Winery outlets, Special
Event liquor tastings, etc. For more information, click
here.
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| Legislative Authority: |
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| Liquor
Control Act, Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, Section 47 (1)
Liquor
Licensing Regulations, Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, Section
5
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