LIQUOR LICENSING ACT 1997 - SECT 29
LIQUOR LICENSING ACT 1997 - SECT 29
29—Requirement to hold licence
(1) A person who sells
liquor without being licensed under this Act to do so (or who sells liquor
under a licence that is suspended) is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty:
(a) for
a first offence—$20 000;
(b) for
a second or subsequent offence—$40 000.
(2) An occupier or
person in charge of premises on which liquor is sold in contravention of
subsection (1) who knowingly permits the sale is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty:
(a) for
a first offence—$20 000;
(b) for
a second or subsequent offence—$40 000.
(3) If a
prescribed person sells liquor to another person and—
(a) the
prescribed person reasonably believes, or ought reasonably to believe, that
the other person intends to sell the liquor in contravention of
subsection (1); and
(b) that
other person sells the liquor in contravention of subsection (1),
the prescribed person is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty:
(a) for
a first offence—$20 000;
(b) for
a second or subsequent offence—$40 000.
(4) In this
section—
"prescribed person" means—
(a) a
licensee; or
(b) a
person employed or engaged by a licensee; or
(c) an
agent of a licensee.