Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Liquor Control Reform Act 1998 - SECT 3A

What is amenity?

3A. What is amenity?



(1) For the purposes of this Act, the amenity of an area is the quality that
the area has of being pleasant and agreeable.

(2) Factors that may be taken into account in determining whether the grant,
variation or relocation of a licence would detract from or be detrimental to
the amenity of an area include-

   (a)  the presence or absence of parking facilities;

   (b)  traffic movement and density;

   (c)  noise levels;

   (d)  the possibility of nuisance or vandalism;

   (e)  the harmony and coherence of the environment;

   (f)  any other prescribed matters.

(3) Nothing in subsection (2) is intended to limit the definition of amenity.