Liquor Control Act 1988
Liquor Control (Wangkatjungka Restricted Area) Regulations 2008
Western Australia
Liquor Control (Wangkatjungka Restricted Area) Regulations 2008
Contents
1.Citation1
2.Commencement1
3.Meaning of “Wangkatjungka Aboriginal Community” in these regulations1
4.Note is not part of regulation1
5.Declaration of restricted area2
6.Notice of restricted area2
7.Prohibitions as to liquor in Wangkatjungka Aboriginal Community2
8.Seizure and disposal of containers of liquor3
9.Period during which these regulations have effect3
Notes
Compilation table4
Defined terms
Western Australia
Liquor Control Act 1988
Liquor Control (Wangkatjungka Restricted Area) Regulations 2008
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 the day after that day.
3.Meaning of “Wangkatjungka Aboriginal Community” in these regulations
In these regulations —
Wangkatjungka Aboriginal Community means the area of the land the subject of —
(a)Aboriginal Lands Trust Certificate Number 35196 (Lots 11 and 99); and
(b)Crown Reserve 26889 (Lots 6, 10 and 44).
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 Wangkatjungka 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 Wangkatjungka 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 Wangkatjungka 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 Wangkatjungka Aboriginal Community
(1)A person who —
(a)brings liquor into, or causes liquor to be brought into, the Wangkatjungka Aboriginal Community; or
(b)has liquor in his or her possession in the Wangkatjungka Aboriginal Community,
commits an offence.
Penalty:
(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 22 April 2022.
Note:
Under the Liquor Control Act 1988 section 175(1d), these regulations expire at the end of the period referred to in regulation 9.
[Regulation 9 amended: Gazette 21 Apr 2009 p. 1370; 20 Apr 2010 p. 1513; 19 Apr 2013 p. 1569; 4 Mar 2016 p. 629; 22 Mar 2019 p. 860.]
1This is a compilation of the Liquor Control (Wangkatjungka Restricted Area) Regulations 2008 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table 2.
Citation |
Gazettal |
Commencement |
Liquor Control (Wangkatjungka Restricted Area) Regulations 2008 |
22 Apr 2008 p. 1553‑5 |
r. 1 and 2: 22 Apr 2008 (see r. 2(a)); |
Liquor Control (Wangkatjungka Restricted Area) Amendment Regulations 2009 |
21 Apr 2009 p. 1370 |
r. 1 and 2: 21 Apr 2009 (see r. 2(a)); |
Liquor Control (Wangkatjungka Restricted Area) Amendment Regulations 2010 |
20 Apr 2010 p. 1512‑13 |
r. 1 and 2: 20 Apr 2010 (see r. 2(a)); |
Liquor Control (Wangkatjungka Restricted Area) Amendment Regulations 2013 |
19 Apr 2013 p. 1569 |
r. 1 and 2: 19 Apr 2013 (see r. 2(a)); |
Liquor Control (Wangkatjungka Restricted Area) Amendment Regulations 2016 |
4 Mar 2016 p. 629 |
r. 1 and 2: 4 Mar 2016 (see r. 2(a)); |
Racing and Gaming Regulations Amendment (Liquor Control) Regulations 2019 Pt. 3 |
22 Mar 2019 p. 859‑60 |
23 Mar 2019 (see r. 2(b)) |
2These regulations expire 22 Apr 2022 (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)
Wangkatjungka Aboriginal Community3