<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> It has been suggested that this article be merged with Beer shop . (Discuss) Proposed since June 2018 . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> It has been suggested that this article be merged with Beer shop . (Discuss) Proposed since June 2018 . </Td> </Tr> <P> Off - licence is a term used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and New Zealand for a shop licensed to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption off the premises, as opposed to a bar or public house which is licensed for consumption at the point of sale (on - licence). The term also applies to the licence granted to the establishment itself . Off - licences typically are specialist shops, convenience shops, parts of supermarkets, or attached to bars and pubs . Prices are usually substantially lower than in bars or pubs . Off - licence is also used in New Zealand for beverage outlets inside sporting venues, whereby alcoholic beverages are brought "outside" the point - of - sale, even if it was inside a food outlet, because it can be consumed at the stands, but is still consumed within the vicinity of the venue itself, and cannot be taken out of the venue . </P> <P> In the United Kingdom, the "off - licence" status of a shop could once be used as a device to circumvent restrictive trading laws, particularly those concerning Sunday trading . Depending on local by - laws, shops might be either required to close at 12: 00 once a week, or else not be allowed to trade in the evening . Shops with an off - licence made their hours similar to those of public houses, opening during lunch hours and from early evening to the mandatory closing time, usually 22: 30 or 23: 00 . The Sunday Trading Act 1994, however, somewhat altered this situation . </P>

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