Liquor Control Act 1988
Liquor Control (Joy Springs Restricted Area) Regulations 2023
Western Australia
Liquor Control (Joy Springs Restricted Area) Regulations 2023
Contents
Part 1 — Preliminary
1.Citation1
2.Commencement1
3.Term used: Joy Springs (Eight Mile) area1
Part 2 — Restricted area
4.Declaration of restricted area2
5.Notice of restricted area2
Part 3 — Prohibitions and related provisions
6.Prohibitions as to liquor in Joy Springs (Eight Mile) area3
7.Seizure and disposal of containers of liquor3
Part 4 — Period of effect
8.Period during which these regulations have effect4
Part 5 — Liquor Control Regulations 1989 amended
9.Regulations amended5
10.Regulation 27 amended5
Notes
Compilation table6
Other notes6
Defined terms
Liquor Control Act 1988
Liquor Control (Joy Springs Restricted Area) Regulations 2023
These regulations come into operation as follows —
(a)Part 1 (other than regulation 3) — on the day on which these regulations are published on the WA legislation website;
(b)the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.
3.Term used: Joy Springs (Eight Mile) area
In these regulations —
Joy Springs (Eight Mile) area means the area of land comprising —
(a)Lot 39 on Deposited Plan 188553 (being all of the land within Reserve 40569); and
(b)the land described as affected tenure outlined in black and shaded green on Deposited Plan 426596 (which includes Lot 29 on that Deposited Plan and part of Lot 68 on Deposited Plan 238022); and
(c)the road known as the Joy Springs Road which runs between the Great Northern Highway and Lot 39 on Deposited Plan 188553.
4.Declaration of restricted area
The Joy Springs (Eight Mile) area is declared to be a restricted area for the purposes of section 175(1a) of the Act.
(1)The Director of Liquor Licensing must take all reasonable steps to cause to be posted, and while the Joy Springs (Eight Mile) area continues to be a restricted area by operation of regulation 4 to be kept posted, at each place where a customary access route enters the Joy Springs (Eight Mile) area a notice —
(a)describing the offences set out in regulation 6(1); and
(b)specifying the penalties for those offences.
(2)A failure to comply with subregulation (1) does not invalidate the declaration in regulation 4.
Part 3 — Prohibitions and related provisions
6.Prohibitions as to liquor in Joy Springs (Eight Mile) area
(1)A person commits an offence if the person —
(a)brings liquor into, or causes liquor to be brought into, the Joy Springs (Eight Mile) area; or
(b)possesses liquor in the Joy Springs (Eight Mile) area.
Penalty for this subregulation:
(a)if subregulation (2) applies — a fine of $5 000;
(b)in any other case — a fine of $2 000.
(2)This subregulation applies to an offence under subregulation (1) committed by a licensee, a manager of licensed premises or a director of a body corporate that holds a licence.
7.Seizure and disposal of containers of liquor
Despite section 155(4) and (5) of the Act, a member of the Police Force may seize and, as soon as is practicable, dispose of any opened or unopened container of liquor suspected on reasonable grounds to be the subject of an offence under regulation 6(1).
8.Period during which these regulations have effect
Unless sooner repealed, these regulations have effect for the period that ends at the close of 30 November 2028.
Part 5 — Liquor Control Regulations 1989 amended
This Part amends the Liquor Control Regulations 1989.
In regulation 27(4) in the Table insert in alphabetical order:
Liquor Control (Joy Springs Restricted Area) Regulations 2023 regulation 6(1) |
This is a compilation of the Liquor Control (Joy Springs Restricted Area) Regulations 2023. For provisions that have come into operation see the compilation table.
Citation |
Published |
Commencement |
Liquor Control (Joy Springs Restricted Area) Regulations 2023 1 |
SL 2023/159 |
Pt. 1 (other than r. 3): 18 Oct 2023 (see r. 2(a)); |
1These regulations expire at the close of 30 November 2028 (see r. 8).
[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]
Defined termProvision(s)
Joy Springs (Eight Mile) area3
© State of Western Australia 2023. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0). To view relevant information and for a link to a copy of the licence, visit www.legislation.wa.gov.au. Attribute work as: © State of Western Australia 2023. By Authority: GEOFF O. LAWN, Government Printer