Liquor Control Act 1988

Subject to this Act, where liquor is sold or supplied to a juvenile on licensed premises —

the licensee; and

any manager who is supervising and managing the licensed premises at the time the liquor is sold or supplied; and

any other person by whom the liquor is sold or supplied; and

any person who permits the sale or supply,

for the licensee or a manager, a fine of $15 000;

for the sale or supply by any other person, a fine of $6 000;

for anyone else, a fine of $3 000.

A licensee, and any other person by whom liquor is sold or supplied there, who permits a juvenile to consume liquor on the licensed premises, whether or not that liquor was sold or supplied there, commits an offence.

for the licensee or a manager, a fine of $15 000;

for anyone else, a fine of $6 000.

Where a person, acting at the request of a juvenile on licensed premises, purchases or obtains liquor on behalf of the juvenile on licensed premises, that person and the juvenile each commit an offence.

Subject to subsection (5), where a juvenile enters or remains on any part of the licensed premises —

the licensee; and

any employee or agent of the licensee who permits the juvenile to enter or remain on that part of the premises; and

the juvenile,

for the licensee or a manager, a fine of $15 000;

for an employee or agent, a fine of $6 000;

for a juvenile, a fine of $3 000.

Subsection (4) does not apply —

to a juvenile who is —

accompanied by, and under the supervision of, a responsible adult; or

on the premises for the purpose of obtaining a meal;

to the presence on a part of the licensed premises of a juvenile at a time at which —

entertainment is, with the approval of the Director under section 126B, provided on that part of the premises solely for juveniles; and

liquor is not sold, supplied or consumed there;

to a juvenile engaged in a training course approved by the Director, when so present in accordance with the requirements of that course; or

to the presence of a juvenile employed on the premises otherwise than in the sale or supply of liquor, even if the place where the juvenile is present is a place which has for the time being been declared to be out of bounds to juveniles; or

if section 120 applies.

A licensee —

with the approval of the Director, may; and

if so required by the Director, whether or not under a condition of the licence, shall,

Where a juvenile enters licensed premises or a part of licensed premises declared under subsection (6) to be at that time out of bounds to juveniles, an authorised person may require the juvenile to leave the licensed premises and, if the juvenile fails to do so —

the juvenile commits an offence; and

an authorised person, or any other person on the request of an authorised person, may remove the juvenile from the licensed premises using such force as may be reasonably necessary.

A person who —

has been required to leave and has left, or been removed from, licensed premises under this section; and

remains —

on any footpath; or

in any area subject to the control or management of the licensee,

Subsections (6) and (7) do not apply to or in relation to a juvenile to whom section 120(1)(b) or (f), 120(2) or 121(5)(c) or (d) applies or a juvenile who is present at a place to which section 120(1)(e) applies.

Where a person or juvenile is lawfully on licensed premises by reason of being in the company and under the supervision of a responsible adult, if that adult leaves the juvenile on the licensed premises deprived of his or her company and supervision without first informing the licensee or an employee or agent of the licensee the adult commits an offence.

A person who employs or engages a juvenile in the sale, supply or serving of liquor on or from —

licensed premises; or

premises to which an occasional licence or permit applies, even if they are not taken to be licensed premises,

Subsection (10) does not apply in relation to the employment or engagement of a juvenile to serve liquor ancillary to a meal if —

the juvenile is of or above the age of 16 years; and

the juvenile’s employment or engagement is approved by the Director; and

the work carried out by the juvenile is supervised at all times; and

either —

the work carried out by the juvenile will be assessed for the purposes of a prescribed training course being undertaken by the juvenile; or

the juvenile has successfully completed a prescribed training course the assessment for which included an assessment of the juvenile’s work while employed or engaged to serve liquor ancillary to a meal.

This section does not limit any other right to refuse a person entry to premises or to remove a person from premises.