Liquor Act 1992

As soon as practicable after the commissioner receives an application relating to a restricted area, the commissioner may ask any 1 or more of the following to give the commissioner comments about the application—

the local government that may exercise jurisdiction in the area;

the police district officer for the locality to which the application relates;

if the area is or is in a community area—the community justice group for the area;

the chief executive of the department that administers the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities (Justice, Land and Other Matters) Act 1984;

if the area is in or includes a priority development area, or is or includes PDA-associated land for a priority development area—MEDQ.

However, MEDQ may give the commissioner comments about the application only if the comments are in relation to MEDQ’s functions under the Economic Development Act 2012.

In deciding the application, the commissioner must have regard to comments received from the entities mentioned in subsection (1).