LIQUOR CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 152O

LIQUOR CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 152O

152O .         Liquor on liquor restricted premises, offences as to

        (1)         A person who —

            (a)         brings, or attempts to bring, liquor onto; or

            (b)         causes, or attempts to cause, liquor to be brought onto; or

            (c)         has in his or her possession or control any liquor on; or

            (d)         consumes liquor on,

                liquor restricted premises commits an offence.

        Penalty: a fine of $2 000.

        (2)         Subsection (1)(a), (b) and (c) do not apply if —

            (a)         the person in possession of the liquor is passing through a part of the liquor restricted premises that is open to the public or through which the person has a right of access; and

            (b)         the liquor —

                  (i)         is in an unopened container or a container that having been opened is securely re-closed; and

                  (ii)         is intended for consumption off the liquor restricted premises.

        (3)         It is a defence to a charge of an offence against subsection (1) to show that the person charged —

            (a)         did not know; and

            (b)         could not reasonably have been expected to know,

                that the premises were liquor restricted premises.

        [Section 152O inserted: No. 56 of 2010 s. 26; No. 35 of 2015 s. 22.]