Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The chief executive must not grant a commercial public event permit for a public event unless the chief executive is satisfied about all of the following—
(a) the licensee would, in catering for the public event, be carrying out the principal activity of the business conducted under the licence;
(b) premises in which liquor may be sold, supplied and consumed at the public event are properly defined and will be appropriately monitored;
(c) the public event will not create any undue annoyance, disturbance or inconvenience to residents of the locality in which the public event is to be held;
(d) the public event will not create an unsafe or unhealthy environment for persons employed at and attending the public event or residents of the locality in which the public event is to be held;
(e) appropriate planning for the public event has been carried out with the police service and local government for the area in which the public event is to be held;
(f) any other matter prescribed under a regulation.
(2) Subsection (1)(a) does not apply to an application for a commercial public event permit to extend the authority of a subsidiary on-premises licence if the principal activity of the business conducted under the licence is the provision of accommodation.
(3) The chief executive must not grant a commercial public event permit for a public event that would purport to authorise the sale of liquor at any time on Good Friday or Christmas Day or before 1.00p.m. on Anzac Day.
(4) Despite subsection (3), the chief executive may grant a commercial public event permit to authorise a licensee to sell liquor between 5a.m. and 1p.m. on Anzac Day if—
(a) the chief executive is satisfied the licensee has entered into an agreement with an RSL or Services Club to sell liquor under the permit at a public event that is an Anzac Day event for the club; and
(b) the permit authorises the sale of liquor only at the event.