(1) A "beverage" retailer is a person whose business is, or includes, selling a beverage for the use or consumption of the beverage.
(2) A "beverage" retailer includes:
(a) a person who is the owner of a vending machine used to sell a beverage unless the owner has let out (whether by lease, hire or other agreement) the machine to another person (the hirer ); and
(b) the hirer.