LIQUOR CONTROL REFORM ACT 1998 - SECT 127 Seizure of evidence of age document

LIQUOR CONTROL REFORM ACT 1998 - SECT 127

    (1)     A document (except a driver licence), that is represented to be an evidence of age document, may be seized by the person to whom it has been produced if that person is—

S. 127(1)(a) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 96.13).

        (a)     a police officer; or

S. 127(1)(ab) inserted by No. 8/2009 s. 18(2)(a), amended by Nos 58/2011 s. 104(Sch. item 4.188), 26/2022 s. 23(1).

        (ab)     a liquor inspector; or

S. 127(1)(ac) inserted by No. 43/2011 s. 31(1).

        (ac)     a protective services officer on duty at a designated place; or

        (b)     the licensee or permittee or an employee of the licensee or permittee of the licensed premises in or in the vicinity of which the document has been produced.

    (2)     A person must not seize a document under subsection (1) unless that person reasonably believes that—

        (a)     the person who produced the document is not the person to whom the document was issued; or

        (b)     the document contains false or misleading information about the name or age of the person who produced the document; or

        (c)     the document has been forged or fraudulently altered; or

        (d)     the document is being used in contravention of this Act.

S. 127(3) amended by Nos 8/2009 s. 18(2)(b), 43/2011 s. 31(2), 58/2011 s. 104(Sch. item 4.188), 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 96.13), 26/2022 s. 23(1).

    (3)     If a document has been seized under subsection (1) by a person other than a police officer, a protective services officer or a liquor inspector, that person must give the document to a police officer.

S. 127(4) amended by Nos 8/2009 s. 18(2)(c), 43/2011 s. 31(3), 58/2011 s. 104(Sch. item 4.188), 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 96.13), 26/2022 s. 23(1).

    (4)     A police officer, a protective services officer or a liquor inspector who has seized a document under subsection (1) or a police officer to whom a document has been given under subsection (3) must return the document within 28 days to the person who produced it unless—

        (a)     the person who produced the document is not the person to whom the document was issued; or

        (b)     the document contains false or misleading information about the name or age of the person who produced the document; or

        (c)     the document has been forged or fraudulently altered; or

        (d)     the document is being used in contravention of this Act.

S. 128 amended by No. 92/2004 s. 8 (ILA s. 39B(1)).