Responsible Service of Alcohol

Responsible serving of alcohol is vital for legal, health and community reasons. Our society is now less tolerant of the irresponsible use of alcohol that leads to drunkenness, drink driving and under age drinking. We are now far more aware of the serious social problems that are associated with such behaviour.

Box Hill RSL has adopted the following House Policy which provides a framework for the Responsible Service of Alcohol:

• In order to prevent underage access and drinking we will require Proof of Age to be provided when requested. Persons who are intoxicated will be refused admission to our premises.
• We will display and refer to intoxication signs in order to support our responsible attitude and meet the requirements of legislation.
• Patrons will be denied service if they are considered to be intoxicated.
• We will educate our employee and our patrons as part of our Duty of Care to ensure that they understand the implications and abide by our responsible service of alcohol policy.
• We will support and actively promote initiatives to minimise drink driving in order to safeguard the well-being of our patrons.
• Box Hill RSL will affect these strategies by:
• Implementing monitoring and modifying on an on-going basis the House Policy.
• Preventing under-age drinking by insisting on ‘proof of age’ by requesting a driver's licence, passport, and Learners permit with photo identification.
• Preventing intoxication by recognising the signs of intoxication and refusing to serve anyone to the point of intoxication.
• Promoting the service of non-alcoholic beverages, low alcohol beers and food.