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Labour and Workforce Development - Alcohol and Gaming Division

Caterer Extension

Who Needs This Licence?
Anyone who holds a Liquor Licence: Eating Establishment, and who wants to provide food and liquor service for events held outside of their own premises, but located in their city, town, or municipality.
Issuing Department / Agency:
Labour and Workforce Development

Nova Scotia Alcohol and Gaming Division
Where can you get this Licence and / or further information?
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.
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
(Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm)
E-mail: Licensing & Registration: agdlicense@gov.ns.ca
Investigation & Enforcement: agdinvest@gov.ns.ca
Website: http://www.gov.ns.ca/lwd/agd/
Write: Licensing Section
Alcohol and Gaming Division
P.O. Box 545
Dartmouth, NS B2Y 3Y8
Application Forms & Process:

The holder of a Liquor Licence: Eating Establishment can request a Caterer Extension application by phone, fax, mail or visiting the Alcohol and Gaming Division office. Once the application form is completed and provided that everything is in order, approval is provided by the Alcohol and Gaming Division.

Download:  Application for Caterer Extension

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.

Waiting Period:
1 day, after satisfactory completion of the application.
Related Requirements:
None
Additional Information:
Off-premises events must be within the same municipality that the eating establishment itself is located.

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.
Legislative Authority:
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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