Your establishment's liquor licence requires alcohol to be confined to a specific designated area. You observe a patron at the edge of this area, preparing to step outside with a half-full drink. What is your immediate and appropriate action?

Question: Your establishment's liquor licence requires alcohol to be confined to a specific designated area. You observe a patron at the edge of this area, preparing to step outside with a half-full drink. What is your immediate and appropriate action?

Answer options:

• Let them pass, but make a mental note to remind them later if you see them again. ✅ Politely inform the patron that they cannot leave the designated area with an alcoholic beverage and ask them to finish it inside or leave it.
• Physically block their path and confiscate the drink.
• Follow them outside to ensure they consume it quickly and don't re-enter.

Correct answer: Politely inform the patron that they cannot leave the designated area with an alcoholic beverage and ask them to finish it inside or leave it.

Explanation: It is a contravention of the Liquor Licence and Control Act to consume alcohol outside the licensed area. A server must politely but firmly intervene to prevent a patron from taking alcohol out of the designated area. Physically blocking or confiscating (C) could be seen as assault or theft. Following them (D) is not safe or practical. Allowing them (A) breaks the law.