Interpretation
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(1) In this Regulation, “agency store” has the same meaning as in section 17 of the Liquor Tax Act, 1996; (“magasin-agence”) “auction permit” has the same meaning as in Ontario Regulation 747/21 (Permits) made under the Act; (“permis de circonstance pour une vente aux enchères”) “banquet room” means either a self-contained licensed premises or a specific area within a licensed premises whose primary use is for private social functions booked in advance; (“salle de réception”) “boat” means a ship, vessel or boat designed and used to carry passengers for hire on short trips but does not include a seaplane; (“bateau”) “carboy” means a fermentation vessel where enzymes or yeast may be added to cause fermentation of beer wort, wine juice, wine juice concentrate or other juices or juice concentrates; (“tourie”) “cider” means wine produced from apples or pears, or from the concentrated juice of apples or pears, to which herbs, water, honey or sugar is added; (“cidre”) “commercially-made wine” means wine made by a manufacturer but does not include wine made at a ferment on premises facility, wine made at an establishment with a wine pub endorsement, fortified wine or homemade wine; (“vin produit dans le commerce”) “cream wine” means an alcoholic beverage made from wine and added milk ingredients; (“vin à la crème”) “deliver” means to transport liquor to customers for consumption and does not include the distribution of liquor to the LCBO or to licensees; (“livrer”) “distribute” means to transport liquor, other than transporting it to customers for consumption, and includes the warehousing of liquor during its transportation; (“distribuer”) “eligible grocery store” means a store that satisfies all of the following criteria: 1. The store offers for retail sale a variety of each of the following types of food products: canned food, dry food, frozen food, fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, fresh meats, prepared meats, fish, poultry, dairy products, baked goods and snack foods. 2. Food products occupy at least 10,000 square feet of retail floor space in the store. 3. The store is not primarily identified to the public as a pharmacy, even if a pharmacy as defined in the Drug and Pharmacies Regulation Act is located within the store; (“épicerie admissible”) “farmers’ market” means a central location at which a group of persons who operate stalls or other food premises meet to sell or offer for sale to customers products that include, without being restricted to, farm products, baked goods and preserved foods, and at which a substantial number of the persons operating the stalls or other food premises are producers of farm products who are primarily selling or offering for sale their own products; (“marché de producteurs”) “fortified wine” means wine to which an alcoholic distillate has been added and that contains no more than 20 per cent alcohol by volume; (“vin fortifié”) “geographic region” means the North Region, the East Region, the West Region or the GTA Region as they are defined in section 7; (“région géographique”) “grape product” means grape concentrate, grape juice, grape must or grape wine; (“produit du raisin”) “industry promotional event” has the same meaning as in Ontario Regulation 747/21 (Permits) made under the Act; (“événement promotionnel de l’industrie”) “licensed premises” means a premises to which a licence applies, and includes an area to which a by-the-glass endorsement, brewery retail store endorsement, winery retail store endorsement or distillery retail store endorsement applies; (“lieu visé par un permis”) “malt-based beverage” means an alcoholic beverage that is produced from a base of malt blended with juice, water, carbon dioxide or flavouring and that does not have the aroma or taste commonly attributed to beer; (“boisson au malt”) “production site” means property that is used by the holder of a manufacturer’s licence to sell for the distillation and production of spirits, the fermentation and production of beer or the alcoholic fermentation and production of wine and includes a vineyard owned by the manufacturer if a significant amount of the grapes is used in the production of the wine; (“lieu de production”) “private place” has the same meaning as in section 22 of Ontario Regulation 745/21 (General) made under the Act; (“lieu privé”) “production year” means the 12-month period that ends on December 31 immediately before the beginning of a sales year; (“année de production”) “quality assurance wine” means wine, excluding cider, that is designated as meeting the quality control standards of a statutory appellation of origin regime that certifies, in the aggregate, less than 50 million litres of wine, excluding cider, annually; (“vin de qualité assurée”) “railway car” means the rolling stock of a railway company used for the transport of passengers but does not include rolling stock used as a street car, a subway or a similar transit vehicle; (“voiture de chemin de fer”) “restaurant” means a premises or portion of a premises to which a liquor sales licence applies that is primarily used for the sale and service of meals for consumption by patrons seated at tables but does not include, (a) a banquet room, (b) premises where liquor is served under a caterer’s endorsement, (c) premises located on the property of a post-secondary educational institution, or (d) premises where adult entertainment is provided, where, (i) the entertainment features the nudity or partial nudity of a person, or (ii) the word “nude”, “naked”, “topless”, “bottomless”, “sexy” or “nu” or any other word or any picture, symbol or representation having like meaning or implication is used in any advertisement for the entertainment; (“restaurant”) “sales year” means the period of approximately 12 months, (a) that begins on March 1 in a year or, if March 1 is a Saturday or Sunday, that begins on the following Monday, and (b) that ends on the last day of February in the following year or, if the last day of February is a Friday or Saturday, that ends on the following Sunday; (“année de ventes”) “small brewery” means a small brewery within the meaning of section 4; (“petite brasserie”) “small cidery” means a small cidery within the meaning of section 6; (“petite cidrerie”) “small winery” means a small winery within the meaning of section 5; (“petit établissement vinicole”) “stadium” means a premises whose seating is in fixed tiers and in which live sporting and entertainment events take place before an audience; (“stade”) “tied house” means the licensed premises of the holder of a liquor sales licence located at the municipal or property address of a production site; (“point de vente”) “VQA wine” means Vintners Quality Alliance wine as defined in the Vintners Quality Alliance Act, 1999; (“vin VQA”) “wine beverage” means a wine-based cocktail or an alcoholic beverage that is produced from a base of wine that may have added to it flavouring or flavouring preparations, juices, colour and sugar, that does not have the aroma or taste commonly attributed to wine and that is available in a spirits-based version; (“boisson au vin”) “wine boutique” means a winery retail store that is located inside the shopping area of an eligible grocery store; (“boutique de vins”) “winemaking year” means the 12-month period from September 1 to August 31. (“année de production du vin”) (2) In this Regulation, expressions relating to franchises have the same meaning as in the Arthur Wishart Act (Franchise Disclosure), 2000.