LIQUOR CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 169
LIQUOR CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 169
169 . Prosecutions, hearing of and limitation periods for
(1) A court of summary
jurisdiction hearing and determining a charge of an offence under this Act is
to be constituted by a magistrate if —
(a) the
penalty for the offence is a fine of more than $2 000; or
(b) the
person charged with the offence is a licensee, a manager or an employee or
agent of a licensee.
(2) Subject to
subsection (3), a prosecution for an offence against this Act must be
commenced within 4 years after the date on which the offence is alleged to
have been committed.
(3) A prosecution for
an offence relating to the recording of a transaction involving the sale or
purchase or other disposal or acquisition of liquor may be commenced within 4
years after the expiration of the financial year in which the offence is
alleged to have been committed.
[Section 169 amended: No. 56 of 1997 s. 26(4); No.
12 of 1998 s. 91; No. 59 of 2004 s. 141; No. 84 of 2004 s. 82; No. 56 of 2010
s. 67.]