Home Office Launches Underage Drinking Prevention Campaign
The Home Office has launched a poster campaign to tackle underage drinking and the use of fake ID's. The poster features a number of teenagers with the tagline: "Using Fake ID? If you're caught out, you're kept out".
The campaign comes after the Policing and Crime Act came into effect last month to give police new powers to tackle underage drinking. The measures include:
- making it an new offence for under-18s to persistently possess alcohol in a public place
- extending the police’s powers to issue ‘directions to leave’ to include young people aged 10-15
- amending police powers with regard to the confiscation of alcohol, so that they no longer need to prove that the individual ‘intended’ to consume it
- changing the offence of persistently selling alcohol to under 18s from three strikes within three months to two strikes in the same period
Councillors will now also be able tackle problem premises by calling for a review to restrict or remove an alcohol retailer’s licence.
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ACS has launched a pack to help fight underage sales in convenience stores. The pack contains downloadable posters, leaflets and top tips to prevent underage sales which can be found in the advice section of the ACS website.