LIQUOR CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 101

LIQUOR CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 101

101 .         Managers etc., liabilities of

        (1)         Where under this Act —

            (a)         a requirement is made of a licensee; or

            (b)         an element of an offence is an act or omission on the part of a licensee,

                a manager of the licensed premises, or a person permitted by the licensee to conduct, supervise or manage the business carried on under the licence, is responsible as though that person were also a licensee of those premises and is liable accordingly, and that person may be charged with the offence.

        (2)         A person who is not a manager of licensed premises but is permitted by a licensee to conduct, supervise or manage the business carried on under the licence, shall, for the purposes of any prosecution for an offence under this Act arising out of the conduct of the business, be deemed to be, and is liable as though that person were, a manager of the premises concerned.

        (3)         Where the licensee of any premises permits another person —

            (a)         to hold himself or herself out to the public as the licensee; or

            (b)         to conduct, supervise or manage the business carried on there under the licence, other than in accordance with section 100,

                the licensee commits an offence.

        Penalty: a fine of $10 000.

        [Section 101 amended: No. 12 of 1998 s. 72; No. 84 of 2004 s. 80; No. 73 of 2006 s. 110; No. 56 of 2010 s. 25 and 69.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 56 of 2010 s. 16.]