Liquor Act 1992

This section applies in relation to the licence fee payable for a licence for a licence period if—

the licence is—

a commercial hotel licence; or

a community club licence for a club with 2,000 members or less; and

the main premises under the licence are in very remote Australia.

A fee regulation must provide for the base licence fee to be assessed at the rate of 10% of the base licence fee that would apply if—

the main premises under the licence were not in very remote Australia; and

for a licence mentioned in subsection (1)(a)(ii)—the licence were a commercial hotel licence.

In this section—base licence fee, for a licence—

means the amount included in the licence fee for the licence under a fee regulation because of the licence type; and

does not include an amount included in the licence fee for the licence under a fee regulation—

because 1 or more detached bottle shops are approved for the licence; or

for any other reason.Examples of other reasons an amount may be included in a licence fee under a fee regulation—

for a commercial hotel licence—a detached bottle shop; or

for a community club licence—premises mentioned in section 77(2).

the area classified under that name in the document titled ‘Australian Statistical Geography Standard, Volume 5—Remoteness Structure’, as published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on its website and in force from time to time; or

if there is no document mentioned in paragraph (a) in force—an area, prescribed by regulation, that is classified on a corresponding basis under another document that measures the relative remoteness of areas of Australia published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.