Liquor Control Act authorizations
  3. (1) Authorizations under the Liquor Control Act that were granted and in force immediately before the effective date are continued under the Act in accordance with this section. (2) The following authorizations under clause 3 (1) (e) of the Liquor Control Act are continued under the Act as follows: 1.  An authorization granted to a beer manufacturer to sell their beer in stores owned and operated by the manufacturer and located at its production site is continued as a brewery retail store endorsement on the manufacturer’s brewery licence. 2.  An authorization granted to a spirits manufacturer to sell their spirits in a store owned and operated by the manufacturer and located at its production site is continued as a distillery retail store endorsement on the manufacturer’s distillery licence. 3.  Subject to subsection (3), an authorization granted to a wine manufacturer to sell their Ontario wine in a store owned and operated by the manufacturer and located at its production site is continued as a winery retail store endorsement on the manufacturer’s winery licence in the following subclass: i.  In the case of an on-site grape winery retail store authorization, the grape winery retail store subclass. ii.  In the case of an on-site fruit winery retail store authorization, the fruit winery retail store subclass. iii.  In the case of an on-site honey winery retail store authorization, the honey winery retail store subclass. iv.  In the case of an on-site retail store— other winery authorization under which maple wine was sold, the maple winery retail store subclass. v.  In the case of an on-site retail store — other winery authorization under which sake was sold, the sake retail store subclass. 4.  An authorization granted to a wine manufacturer to sell their Ontario wine in a store owned and operated by the manufacturer that is not located at its production site is continued as an offsite winery retail store licence. 5.  An authorization granted to a manufacturer to sell spirits, beer or Ontario wine at an occasional extension of a distillery retail store, brewery retail store or winery retail store within a farmers’ market is continued as a temporary extension endorsement on the manufacturer’s distillery licence, brewery licence or winery licence, as applicable. (3) If a person held multiple authorizations described in paragraph 3 of subsection (2), they shall be continued as a single winery retail store endorsement on the manufacturer’s winery licence in each of the applicable subclasses described in that paragraph. (4) The authorization granted to Brewers Retail Inc. to operate stores for the sale of beer to the public under clause 3 (1) (e) of the Liquor Control Act
is continued under the Act as the Brewers Retail Inc. licence. (5) Any approval of a Brewers Retail Inc. store location under section 6 of Ontario Regulation 232/16 (Sale of Liquor in Government Stores) made under the Liquor Control Act, as it read at the time, is continued under the Act as an approval of the store location under the Brewers Retail Inc. licence described in subsection (4). (6) Authorizations established in connection with the sale of beer and wine in grocery stores and listed in section 9 of Ontario Regulation 232/16 (Sale of Liquor in Government Stores) made under the Liquor Control Act, as it read at the time, are continued under the Act as follows: 1.  A beer and cider authorization described in paragraph 1 of section 9 of that Regulation, as it read at the time, is continued as a beer and cider grocery store licence. 2.  A beer and wine authorization described in paragraph 2 of section 9 of that Regulation, as it read at the time, is continued as a beer and wine grocery store licence. (7) Authorizations established in connection with the sale of wine in wine boutiques and listed in section 28.1 of Ontario Regulation 232/16 (Sale of Liquor in Government Stores) made under the Liquor Control Act, as it read at the time, are continued under the Act as follows: 1.  A supplementary wine authorization described in paragraph 1 of section 28.1 of that Regulation, as it read at the time, is continued as a wine boutique endorsement on the offsite winery retail store licence held by the winery for the store to which the authorization applied. 2.  An authorization as a wine boutique sales agent described in paragraph 2 of section 28.1 of that Regulation, as it read at the time, is continued as a wine boutique sales agent endorsement on the beer and cider grocery store licence held by the authorized person for the store to which the authorization applied. (8) An auction authorization granted by the Registrar under clause 3 (1) (b) of the Liquor Control Act, as it read at the time, is continued under the Act as an auction permit.