LIQUOR CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 114

LIQUOR CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 114

114 .         Closure of licensed premises, police powers as to

        (1)         Where a police officer for the time being on duty at any place has reasonable grounds for believing that at or in the vicinity of that place —

            (a)         civil disorder, a breach of the peace or a threat to public safety is occurring or is likely to occur; and

            (b)         in the interests of maintaining the peace or ensuring public safety it is or may be desirable that licensed premises be closed,

                that person may require the licensee, or an employee or agent of the licensee, to close the licensed premises or a part of those premises, or to cease the sale, supply or consumption of liquor (including the sale of packaged liquor) on or from the premises or a part of the premises, for a specified period or until further notice, and a person who, without reasonable cause, contravenes a requirement so made commits 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.

        (2)         It is not an offence against subsection (1) for a licensee, or the employee or agent of a licensee, to permit a lodger, or a person having lawful business (other than the purchase or obtaining of liquor) to conduct on the premises, to enter the premises if liquor is not supplied to that lodger or other person.

        (3)         On the orders of the police officer making a requirement in relation to licensed premises under subsection (1), a person may use such force as may be reasonably necessary to ensure compliance with the requirement.

        [Section 114 amended: No. 12 of 1998 s. 79; No. 73 of 2006 s. 79, 109 and 110; No. 56 of 2010 s. 55; No. 25 of 2023 s. 21(1).]