Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Liquor Control Reform Act 1998 - SECT 35

Advertisement of licence application

35. Advertisement of licence application



(1) An applicant for the grant, variation or relocation of a packaged liquor
licence or a prescribed licence must cause notice of the application to be
advertised in a newspaper circulating in the area-

   (a)  in which the premises to which the application relates are or are to
        be situated; or

   (b)  to which the licensed premises are sought to be relocated-

or to be advertised in the manner directed by the Director under subsection
(3)(b).

(2) The Director may direct an applicant for the grant, variation or
relocation of a licence (other than a packaged liquor licence or prescribed
licence) to cause notice of the application to be advertised in a newspaper
circulating in the area-

   (a)  in which the premises to which the application relates are or are to
        be situated; or





   (b)  to which the licensed premises are sought to be relocated-

or to be advertised in the manner directed by the Director under subsection
(3)(b).

(3) The Director may-

   (a)  specify the newspaper in which notice of an application, or of
        applications of a specified class, is or are to be advertised;

   (b)  direct that an application, or applications of a specified class, is
        or are to be advertised in another manner specified by the Director.

(4) A notice referred to in subsection (1) or (2) must comply with any
requirements specified by the Director as to size and the information
contained in it.

(5) The Director must refuse to consider an application until the applicant
has complied with subsection (1) or (2), as the case requires.

(6) In this section-

prescribed licence means a licence, other than a limited licence, of a class
that is prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1).