The government has opened a consultation on whether digital age verification should be used for alcohol sales in convenience stores and for home delivery.
The role of the consultation, which closes on 30 March, will examine whether technology has a place in age restricted sales of alcohol in retail and hospitality, as well as whether to "amend legislation in order to specify that for sales of alcohol that do not take place face to face, age verification should take place at the point of delivery as well as sale."