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LIQUOR AMENDMENT BILL 1994

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                           Liquor Amendment


      LIQUOR AMENDMENT BILL 1994


                       EXPLANATORY NOTE

GENERAL OUTLINE


Objective of Legislation
  The objective of the Bill is to ensure that it remains an offence to be
drunk in a public place.


Reasons for the Bill
   The section of the Liquor Act 1992 that provided that the offence of
public drunkenness was to be removed after a set period, was placed there
largely in response to the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in
Custody Report and to allow the Government time to assess alternative
strategies for the non-custodial treatment of intoxicated persons.
   Experience elsewhere has shown that decriminalisation does not produce
the anticipated results, in that, police intervention and detention has
increased after decriminalisation rather than decreased.
   Further, decriminalisation of public drunkenness fails to respond to a
legitimate community expectation regarding law and order.


Estimated Cost for Government Implementation
  The will be no cost for Government.


Consultation
  An Interdepartmental Working Group was established in November
1992 to consider the issue of public intoxication and community views
were canvassed in the course of its consideration of the issue.
 
 
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                              Liquor Amendment


NOTES ON PROVISION
  Clause 1 sets out the short title of the Bill
  Clause 2 amends the Liquor Act 1992
   Clause 3 omits Section 164(3) of the Liquor Act 1992 which means that
it will continue to be an offence to be drunk in a public place.




                            © The State of Queensland 1994

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