New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 644C

644C Operation of alcohol-free zones

(1) An alcohol-free zone operates, in accordance with the terms of the resolution establishing the zone, for the whole of the period specified in the resolution or just for specified days on which particular special events occur.

(2) However, an alcohol-free zone cannot operate earlier than 7 days after the first publication of the relevant notice under section 644B.

(3) An alcohol-free zone operates only so long as there are erected at the outer limits of the zone, and at suitable intervals within the zone, conspicuous signs:

(a) stating that the drinking of alcohol is prohibited in the zone, and

(b) specifying the period (or, in the case of a zone established for one or more special events, the day or days) for which the alcohol-free zone is to operate, as specified in the resolution by which it was established.

(4) The signs must comply with the requirements of the guidelines (if any) in force under section 646.