Serve It Right Saskatchewan: Liability, inspections and penalties

All 15 questions in this test

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1. A tavern's permit is suspended for three days. What applies during the suspension?

   1. It cannot have customers, and VLTs cannot be played
   2. It may stay open for customers as long as it sells only beer
   3. It may run VLTs but not sell alcohol
   4. It may serve regulars who arrived earlier

2. Within how many days may a permittee ask the Licensing Commission to review an SLGA sanction?

   1. 90 days
   2. 15 days
   3. 30 days
   4. 5 days

3. What administrative penalty range applies to serving a person who appears intoxicated?

   1. $1,000 to $10,000
   2. $100 to $1,000
   3. $500 to $2,000
   4. $5,000 to $50,000

4. A busy stand-up bar says it cannot track how much each patron drinks. Is that an excuse?

   1. Yes, if the bar posts a warning sign
   2. Yes, stand-up bars have a lower duty of care
   3. Yes, if servers rotate between rooms
   4. No, the way a bar is run does not excuse its duty

5. How does SLGA usually decide on sanctions for repeat violations?

   1. The same small fixed fine for every violation, no matter what
   2. Only court action, never SLGA sanctions
   3. A random choice by the inspector on duty
   4. A progressive system, with stronger sanctions each time

6. What is the general maximum court fine for an individual under the Act when no specific penalty applies?

   1. $50,000, one year in jail, or both
   2. $2,000, one month in jail, or both
   3. $500 with no possibility of jail
   4. $10,000, six months in jail, or both

7. What is the maximum length of an immediate permit suspension imposed in the public interest?

   1. One year, until the permit is renewed
   2. Six months, with a hearing held only at the very end
   3. One day, with no hearing at all
   4. 15 days, with a Commission hearing in that time

8. How does SLGA make its liquor sanctions public?

   1. It posts a notice in the local newspaper for each permittee
   2. It keeps all sanctions confidential
   3. It publishes sanctioned permittees' names quarterly on its website
   4. It mails a letter to every customer of the bar

9. In Jordan House v. Menow, what did the Supreme Court of Canada decide about commercial hosts?

   1. They owe no duty to anyone once the patron has left the premises
   2. They owe patrons a duty of care, higher for regulars they know
   3. Only the patron is ever responsible for drinking
   4. They are liable only if they break the liquor law

10. In Stewart v. Pettie, to whom did the Supreme Court say a bar's duty of care extends?

    1. Only patrons who paid with a credit card
    2. Only the patrons who are inside the bar
    3. Third parties such as other drivers and passengers
    4. Only the bar's own staff members and their immediate families

11. When can a bar be liable for injuries caused by its bouncer?

    1. When staff use unreasonable force removing a patron
    2. Only if the bar has no security camera
    3. Never, because bouncers act on their own and not for the bar
    4. Only if the patron was sober at the time

12. After SLGA cancels a person's permit, how long before that person can get another permit?

    1. At least one year
    2. At least one month
    3. Never again, in any case
    4. At least one week

13. How do SLGA administrative penalties relate to court fines?

    1. They replace any court fine for the same act, so only one is paid
    2. They are only imposed after a court conviction
    3. They are completely separate from fines set by the courts
    4. They are paid to the court, not to SLGA

14. In Stewart v. Pettie, why was the bar not held liable for the crash?

    1. The crash happened more than one kilometre away
    2. The patron left with two sober friends, so harm was not foreseeable
    3. The bar had posted signs warning patrons about drinking and driving
    4. The patron had paid cash for every drink that night

15. What is the maximum administrative penalty SLGA can assess against a permittee?

    1. $50,000
    2. $100,000
    3. $1,000
    4. $10,000