Minors at music festivals
127A Minors at music festivals
A condition that a minor who is 16 years of age or older must be accompanied by a responsible adult must not be imposed by the Authority or the Secretary on a licence in relation to a music festival being held on licensed premises unless the Authority or the Secretary is satisfied the licensee has not put in place sufficient measures to mitigate and manage the risk of minors obtaining liquor on the licensed premises during the music festival.
A person does not contravene this Act or a condition of a licence in relation to a requirement that a minor who is 16 years of age or older must be accompanied by a responsible adult on licensed premises during a music festival if the minor is unaccompanied only for the purposes of attending restroom facilities on the licensed premises.
It is a defence to an offence of contravening a licence condition requiring minors to be accompanied by a responsible adult on licensed premises during a music festival if the licensee made reasonable efforts to ensure minors were accompanied by responsible adults.
Example—
Despite the licensee’s reasonable efforts, a minor is unintentionally separated from the minor’s responsible adult at a music festival because of a moving crowd at the festival.
In this section—
music festival has the same meaning as in the Music Festivals Act 2019.
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