Commissioner of Police may bar people from licensed premises
115AA Commissioner of Police may bar people from licensed premises
In this section —
specified means specified in a barring notice.
The Commissioner of Police may give a notice (a barring notice) to a person prohibiting the person from entering specified licensed premises, or a specified class of licensed premises, if the Commissioner believes, on reasonable grounds, that the person has, on licensed premises or in the vicinity of licensed premises —
been violent or disorderly; or
engaged in indecent behaviour; or
contravened a provision of any written law.
The barring notice must be in the approved form.
The barring notice has effect from the day the barring notice is given to the person until the earliest of —
a specified day; or
if the barring notice is revoked under subsection (7) — the day that the notice of revocation is given to the person.
[(c) deleted]
The specified day cannot be more than 12 months after the day on which the barring notice is served.
Except as provided in subsection (7A), a person who enters premises contrary to a barring notice commits an offence.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $15 000.
A person does not commit an offence under subsection (6) if the person enters the premises solely for the purpose of performing duties relating to the person’s work.
The reference in subsection (7A) to performing duties relating to the person’s work does not include attending a function associated with the person’s work that is held on the premises.
The Commissioner of Police may revoke a barring notice by giving a notice of revocation to the person who is the subject of the barring notice.
The notice of revocation must be in the approved form.
[Section 115AA inserted: No. 56 of 2010 s. 30; amended: No. 9 of 2018 s. 57; No. 25 of 2023 s. 8; No. 20 of 2025 s. 40, 86 and 123.]
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