Prevention of excessive consumption of alcohol on licensed premises
73 Prevention of excessive consumption of alcohol on licensed premises
A licensee must not permit—
intoxication, or
any indecent, violent or quarrelsome conduct,
on the licensed premises.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
A licensee or an employee or agent of a licensee must not, on the licensed premises, sell or supply liquor to an intoxicated person.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
A person (other than a licensee or an employee or agent of a licensee) must not, on licensed premises, supply liquor to an intoxicated person.
Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.
If an intoxicated person is on licensed premises, the licensee is taken to have permitted intoxication on the licensed premises unless the licensee proves—
that the licensee, and the licensee’s employees or agents, took the steps set out in subsection (5), or
that the licensee, and the licensee’s employees or agents, took the steps set out in the guidelines under subsection (5A) to prevent intoxication on the licensed premises, or
that the intoxicated person did not consume alcohol on the licensed premises.
For the purposes of subsection (4)(a), the following are the relevant steps—
asked the intoxicated person to leave the premises,
contacted, or attempted to contact, a police officer for assistance in removing the person from the premises,
refused to serve the person any alcohol after becoming aware that the person was intoxicated.
The Secretary is to issue guidelines relating to the prevention of intoxication on licensed premises. Such guidelines are to be made publicly available in such manner as the Secretary considers appropriate.
[Not applied]
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