LIQUOR CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 36A
LIQUOR CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 36A
36A . Petrol stations in some areas not to be granted licences
(1) In this section
—
country townsite means a townsite that is outside
the metropolitan area;
packaged liquor outlet means licensed premises
from which packaged liquor is sold but does not include premises in respect of
which a club licence is in force;
petrol station means a business that involves the
retail sale of fuel for road vehicles to people travelling in them, whether or
not other goods or services are also sold or supplied to those people.
(2) The licensing
authority must not grant an application for the grant or removal of a licence
that would authorise the sale of packaged liquor from any premises if there is
a petrol station on the premises and the premises are —
(a) in
the metropolitan area; or
(b) in,
or within a prescribed distance outside, a country townsite in which there is
a packaged liquor outlet.
(3) Subsection (2)
does not apply in the case of an application for the removal of a licence that
is in respect of premises on which there is a petrol station to other premises
situated not more than 500 m from the premises from which the licence is
sought to be removed.
[Section 36A inserted: No. 23 of 2000 s. 5;
amended: No. 9 of 2018 s. 17.]