LIQUOR CONTROL REFORM ACT 1998 - SECT 94B Other interested persons to be given notice of proposal to conduct inquiry under section 94

LIQUOR CONTROL REFORM ACT 1998 - SECT 94B

    (1)     In addition to giving notice to the licensee or permittee under section 94A, if the Commission proposes to conduct an inquiry under section 94, the Commission must give written notice to any interested person—

        (a)     who has applied to have the person's name endorsed on the licence or BYO permit of the licensee or permittee under Part 4;

        (b)     who may apply to have the person's name endorsed on the licence or BYO permit of the licensee or permittee under Part 4 if the contact details of that person are known to the Commission.

    (2)     A notice under subsection (1) must—

        (a)     state that the Commission proposes to inquire into (as appropriate)—

              (i)     whether the continuation of the licensee's licence or permittee's BYO permit would detract from or be detrimental to the amenity of the area in which the licensed premises are situated; or

              (ii)     circumstances where, during a continuous period of 12 months, the licensee's licence or permittee's BYO permit has not been used; and

        (b)     specify—

              (i)     the date and time of the inquiry; and

              (ii)     the venue at which the inquiry will be conducted; and

        (c)     invite the interested person to make a submission to the Commission; and

        (d)     specify that the interested person may—

              (i)     be represented by another person at the inquiry and that the representative may make a submission on behalf of the interested person; or

              (ii)     send another person to represent the interested person at the inquiry and that the representative may make a submission on behalf of the interested person; and

        (f)     specify that the Commission may cancel, suspend or vary the licence or BYO permit or make any other direction the Commission thinks fit, in accordance with section 95(3), whether or not the interested person, or a representative of the interested person, makes a submission in accordance with this section.

    (3)     If the Commission knows of an interested person who may apply to have the person's name endorsed on the licence or BYO permit of the licensee or permittee under section 93E but the contact details of that person are unknown to the Commission, the Commission must publish notice of the inquiry—

S. 94B(3)(a) amended by No. 49/2021 s. 36.

        (a)     in a newspaper (whether printed or published by electronic communication) circulating generally throughout Victoria; and

        (b)     on the Commission's Internet site.

    (4)     A notice under subsection (3) must—

        (a)     specify details of the inquiry and invite any interested person who may apply to have the person's name endorsed on the licence or BYO permit of the licensee or permittee under Part 4 to make a submission to the Commission; and

        (b)     specify any prescribed details.

S. 95 substituted by No. 58/2011 s. 57.