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LIQUOR CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 106

LIQUOR CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 106

106 .         Liquor supplied to lodgers etc., conditions applying to

        (1)         It is a condition, subject to subsection (2), of any class of licence under which the sale of liquor to lodgers and other persons for consumption on the premises is authorised that —

            (a)         the liquor shall not be supplied to, or consumed by, a juvenile; and

            (b)         there shall not be more than the number approved by the Director of adult guests of each lodger present at the time the liquor is consumed; and

            (c)         the liquor shall not be consumed, except either —

                  (i)         personally, by a lodger; or

                  (ii)         by an adult guest of a lodger, in the presence of the lodger and at the expense of the lodger,

                and if any requirement of that condition is contravened the licensee, any employee or agent of the licensee who committed or permitted the contravention, and the lodger each commit an offence.

        Penalty:

            (a)         for the licensee or a manager, a fine of $10 000;

            (b)         for an employee or agent, a fine of $4 000;

            (c)         for a lodger, a fine of $2 000.

        (2)         Subsection (1)(b) and (c) shall not have effect at a time when the sale of liquor for consumption on the premises to persons other than a lodger is authorised.

        (3)         On any licence which authorised the sale of liquor only to lodgers for consumption on the premises, the licensing authority may impose a condition that —

            (a)         allows up to 6 adult guests of each lodger to be present at the time the liquor is consumed; and

            (b)         the liquor shall not be consumed, except either —

                  (i)         personally by a lodger; or

                  (ii)         by an adult guest of a lodger in the presence of the lodger and at the expense of the lodger.

        Penalty:

            (a)         for the licensee or a manager, a fine of $10 000;

            (b)         for an employee or agent, a fine of $4 000;

            (c)         for a lodger, a fine of $2 000.

        [Section 106 amended: No. 12 of 1998 s. 74; No. 73 of 2006 s. 74 and 110; No. 56 of 2010 s. 51.]