LIQUOR CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 32
LIQUOR CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 32
32 . Duration of licences
(1) Subject to
subsections (2), (3), (4) and (5), a licence continues in force for all
purposes, unless —
(a)
surrendered under section 94; or
(b)
cancelled by the licensing authority under this Act,
but may be
surrendered, as a condition of and on the coming into force of, another
licence granted by way of transfer or removal of that licence.
(2) Notwithstanding
that —
(a) the
licensee may cease to carry on business under the licence; or
(b) a
protection order has effect; or
(c) an
interim authorisation has effect under section 86,
a licence remains in
force, for all other purposes, subject to subsection (1).
(3) A special facility
licence expires —
(a)
where it is expressed to be granted for a specific period, when that period
has elapsed; or
(b)
where the Director determines that a special facility licence is no longer
necessitated, on a date specified by the Director in a notice in writing given
to the licensee, unless the Commission otherwise orders.
(4) An occasional
licence expires in accordance with its terms, or where the occasion in respect
of which it was granted has taken place, or on the period during which it was
specified to have effect having elapsed.
(5) A licence the
operation of which is suspended continues in force and is capable of being
removed or transferred, but does not during the period of suspension authorise
the sale of liquor.
(6) The suspension of
the operation of a licence does not affect liabilities incurred by the
licensee under this Act up to the date on which the suspension takes effect.
[Section 32 amended: No. 12 of 1998 s. 19 and
39(2); No. 73 of 2006 s. 106.]