New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

LIQUOR ACT 1982 - SECT 105B

105B Restrictions relating to former key officials

(1) A former key official must not:

(a) hold any type of licence under this Act, or

(b) solicit employment, in any capacity, from a licensee or a person known by the former key official to be a close associate of a licensee, or

(c) be an employee, in any capacity, of a licensee or a person known by the former key official to be a close associate of a licensee, or

(d) knowingly have, directly or indirectly, any business or financial association with, or any business or financial interest in any matter in conjunction with, a licensee or a person known by the former key official to be a close associate of a licensee.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

(2) While knowing that another person is a former key official, a person who is a licensee, or a close associate of a licensee, must not:

(a) employ the former key official in any capacity, or

(b) have, directly or indirectly, any business or financial association with, or any business or financial interest in any matter in conjunction with, the former key official.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

(3) An exemption from the application of this section in relation to a former key official (other than a person who is a former Director-General of the Department of Gaming and Racing, is a former Director, or is a former Commissioner of Police) in a particular case or class of cases may be granted:

(a) by the Director-General of the Department of Gaming and Racing, unless the former key official was a member of the Police Service, or

(b) by the Commissioner of Police, if the former key official was a member of the Police Service.

(4) The Director-General of the Department of Gaming and Racing, and the Commissioner of Police are each to keep at his or her office a register of exemptions granted by him or her under this section. The register is to contain details of each such exemption and is to be open for inspection by any person free of charge during ordinary business hours.

(5) In this section:
"former key official" means a person who was a key official at any time during the previous 3 years, but is no longer a key official.

(6) If a reference (“the original reference”) in this Act to a position, officer or Department is replaced with, or required to be read or construed as, a reference (“the replacement reference”) to another position, officer or Department, the replacement reference is for the purposes of the operation of this section to be read as including the original reference.