Liquor Control Act 1988
Liquor Control (Woolah Restricted Area) Regulations 2017
Western Australia
Liquor Control (Woolah Restricted Area) Regulations 2017
Contents
1.Citation1
2.Commencement1
3.Term used: Woolah Aboriginal Community1
4.Note is not part of regulation1
5.Declaration of restricted area1
6.Notice of restricted area2
7.Prohibitions as to liquor in the Woolah Aboriginal Community2
8.Seizure and disposal of containers of liquor2
9.Period during which these regulations have effect3
Notes
Compilation table4
Defined terms
Liquor Control Act 1988
Liquor Control (Woolah Restricted Area) Regulations 2017
These regulations come into operation as follows —
(a)regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)the rest of the regulations — on 19 August 2017.
3.Term used: Woolah Aboriginal Community
In these regulations —
Woolah Aboriginal Community means the area of land comprising Lot 815, other than the area comprised in Lots 53 and 72, on Crown Lease H081623.
4.Note is not part of regulation
The note after regulation 9 does not form part of these regulations.
5.Declaration of restricted area
The Woolah Aboriginal Community 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 Woolah Aboriginal Community continues to be a restricted area by operation of regulation 5 to be kept posted, at each place where a customary access route enters the Woolah Aboriginal Community a notice —
(a)describing the offences set out in regulation 7; and
(b)specifying the penalties for those offences.
(2)A failure to comply with subregulation (1) does not invalidate the declaration in regulation 5.
7.Prohibitions as to liquor in the Woolah Aboriginal Community
(1)A person commits an offence if the person —
(a)brings liquor into, or causes liquor to be brought into, the Woolah Aboriginal Community; or
(b)has liquor in their possession in the Woolah Aboriginal Community.
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.
8.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 7.
9.Period during which these regulations have effect
Unless sooner repealed, these regulations have effect for the period that ends at the close of 19 August 2020.
Note for this regulation:
Under the Liquor Control Act 1988 section 175(1d), these regulations expire at the end of the period referred to in regulation 9.
1This is a compilation of the Liquor Control (Woolah Restricted Area) Regulations 2017 2.
Citation |
Gazettal |
Commencement |
Liquor Control (Woolah Restricted Area) Regulations 2017 |
18 Aug 2017 p. 4455‑7 |
r. 1 and 2: 18 Aug 2017 (see r. 2(a)); |
2These regulations expire 19 Aug 2020 (see r. 9).
[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)
Woolah Aboriginal Community3