Refusing entry to premises
165A Refusing entry to premises
An authorised person for premises to which a licence or permit relates may refuse to allow a person to enter the premises if—
the person is unduly intoxicated; or
the person is disorderly; or
the person is a minor, other than an exempt minor; or
the authorised person suspects on reasonable grounds the person is a minor and the person fails to—
produce acceptable evidence that the person is not a minor; orNote—See the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994, sections 29AH and 29AI for the use of a digital authority, a digital evidence of age or a digital evidence of identity.
show that, if admitted to the premises, the person will be an exempt minor; or
Note—See sections 6 (Acceptable evidence of age) and 155 (Minors on premises).
for licensed premises—it would be a breach of a condition of the licence for the premises to allow the person to enter the premises.
A person must not enter, or attempt to enter, premises to which the person is refused entry under subsection (1).Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
If a person attempts to enter premises despite being refused entry to the premises under subsection (1), an authorised person may use necessary and reasonable force to prevent the person from entering the premises.
A person must not resist an authorised person who is preventing the person from entering premises under subsection (3).Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
In this section—authorised person, for premises to which a licence or permit relates, means—
the licensee or permittee; or
an employee or agent of the licensee or permittee.
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