On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:53:33 +0100, Betty Boop Revisited
wrote:

Frederick Williams wrote:
I thought that pubs could not legally sell an alcoholic drink to an
intoxicated person. But I must be wrong because them doing so is being
reported as contrary to a voluntary standard rather than contrary to the
law: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7516507.stm. Folks here will know if
I am outright wrong or just a bit confused (hic).

Indeed - 2003 licensing act which replaced the 1964 act. Naughty BBC!

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2003...pt7-pb2-l1g141

There was a guy on News 24 ( might have been someone from drinks
industry) making the very point that there were enough laws at present
to deal with the problems without bringing in new ones ...it simply
needed for them to be enforced ..Seems a sensible way to look at it
but WTF did common sense and Government work hand in hand .