<Li> Youth Centre (sale and consumption): Basel - Landschaft and Basel - Stadt . </Li> <Li> Educational establishments (sale and consumption): Basel - Stadt, Jura, Schaffhausen and Zürich . </Li> <P> Drinking in public is legal in England and Wales--one may carry a drink from a public house down the street (though it is preferred that the user requests a plastic glass to avoid danger of breakage and because the taking of the glass could be considered an offence of Theft as only the drink has been purchased), and one may purchase alcohol at an off - licence and immediately begin drinking it outside . Separately, one may drink on aeroplanes and on most National Rail train services, either purchasing alcohol on - board or consuming one's own . </P> <P> In certain public places, it may be "required" (requested) of a person to stop drinking . It is not illegal to drink in these areas, contrary to popular misconception, but, in these areas, if requested by police to stop drinking, the individual must (may) then stop drinking and surrender the alcohol, both open and closed containers . It should be noted that Police Officers can only request that alcohol is surrendered if the drinkers are acting antisocially or they have good reason to believe they are going to do so . These are formally known as Designated Public Places Orders (DPPOs), and were allowed by The Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (CJPA); they are more popularly known as' Controlled Drinking Zones' (CDZs). </P>

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