Plans to introduce minimum pricing on alcohol in Scotland have been postponed indefinitely by ministers as a result of a growing legal challenge to the controversial move.
The Scottish Government has confirmed it will not be introducing the new law until legal action brought against it by drinks producers has been settled.
The decision means that the proposal, which was due to come into force in the spring of next year, has now been put on hold, with no date now available on when it could come in. Similar legal action taken by tobacco firms against a ban on promotional displays of cigarettes is still ongoing, and has now held up new laws by nearly two years already.
Any chance of the new minimum pricing law applying to off-licences and supermarkets in Scotland before 2014 therefore looks highly unlikely, given the length of the likely legal battle.
Source: scotsman.com
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