2nd Session, 43rd Legislature

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Bill 9

THE LIQUOR, GAMING AND CANNABIS CONTROL AMENDMENT ACT (2)

(Assented to                                         )

HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:

C.C.S.M. c. L153 amended

1   The Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Control Act is amended by this Act.

2   Section 101.3 is replaced with the following:

Cannabis store agreement

101.3   MLLC may enter into an agreement with a person to establish and operate a cannabis store.

3   The following is added after section 101.4:

No controlled-access licences in major urban areas

101.4.0.1(1)   The executive director must not issue a controlled-access retail cannabis licence for premises in a major urban area.

Exception

101.4.0.1(2)   Subsection (1) does not apply to a controlled-access retail cannabis licence that was issued before the coming into force of this section.

Definition

101.4.0.1(3)   In this section, "major urban area" means a city, town or other urban municipality continued or formed under The Municipal Act with a population over 5,000 persons based upon the most recent census taken and available under the Statistics Act (Canada), and includes the City of Winnipeg.

Coming into force

4   This Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent.