Applications to be refused: sale of packaged liquor from metropolitan petrol stations
36A Applications to be refused: sale of packaged liquor from metropolitan petrol stations
In this section —
country townsite means a townsite that is outside the metropolitan area;
packaged liquor outlet means licensed premises from which packaged liquor is sold but does not include premises in respect of which a club licence is in force;
petrol station means a business that involves the retail sale of fuel for road vehicles to people travelling in them, whether or not other goods or services are also sold or supplied to those people.
The Director must refuse an application for the grant or removal of a licence that would authorise the sale of packaged liquor from any premises if there is a petrol station on the premises and the premises are —
in the metropolitan area; or
in, or within a prescribed distance outside, a country townsite in which there is a packaged liquor outlet.
Subsection (2) does not apply in the case of an application for the removal of a licence that is in respect of premises on which there is a petrol station to other premises situated not more than 500 m from the premises from which the licence is sought to be removed.
[Section 36A inserted: No. 23 of 2000 s. 5; amended: No. 9 of 2018 s. 17; No. 20 of 2025 s. 67 and 124(1).]
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