New South Wales Repealed Acts

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LIQUOR ACT 1982 - SECT 18A

18A Minister may authorise issue of special event licences

(1) The Minister may authorise the court to issue a licence, to be known as a special event licence, authorising the sale of liquor, on premises specified in the licence on a day or days so specified during which a special event is held, subject to such conditions and exemptions as the Minister may specify.

(2) Before authorising the issue of a special event licence, the Minister may, if the Minister thinks fit, obtain a report from the Board or from the Commissioner of Police, or both, on any proposal for such an authorisation.

(3) The Minister may:

(a) vary, add to or revoke any condition imposed, or exemption granted, in respect of a special event licence whether under subsection (1) or under any other provision of this Act, or

(b) in the absence of any such condition or exemption, impose a condition or grant an exemption and, having imposed or granted it, vary, add to or revoke it.

(4) The Minister is not to authorise the issue of a special event licence unless the Minister is satisfied, on information supplied by the Board or otherwise, that practices will be in place at the licensed premises as soon as the licence is issued that ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, that:

(a) liquor is sold, supplied and served responsibly on the premises, and

(b) all reasonable steps are taken to prevent intoxication on the premises,

and that those practices will remain in place while the licence is in force.

(5) A condition cannot be imposed on a special event licence except under this section.

(6) With the consent of the licensee, the Minister may, by order in writing, suspend, for the duration of a special event licence granted in respect of any premises, another licence in force in respect of the same premises.

(7) In this section, "special event" means an event that the Minister considers to be of State or regional significance.