Liquor Control Act 1988

Subject to this Act the licensee of a restaurant licence is, during permitted hours, authorised to sell to any person liquor on the licensed premises for consumption on the premises ancillary to a meal supplied by the licensee to, and eaten by, that person there.

Where the licensee of a restaurant licence holds an extended trading permit under section 60(4)(ca) in respect of the premises, the licensee is authorised to sell liquor to a person, whether or not ancillary to a meal eaten by the person, if —

the liquor is consumed on the licensed premises by a person while sitting at a table, or at a fixed structure used as a table; and

the sale and consumption of the liquor are in accordance with any conditions —

imposed on the permit by the Director; or

prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph.

Where the licensee of a restaurant licence holds an extended trading permit under section 60(4)(c) in respect of guest accommodation provided to the public by the licensee on the same or adjacent premises, the licensee is authorised to sell liquor to a lodger in a room or place in the area to which that permit applies reserved for the private use of lodgers, whether or not ancillary to a meal.

Every restaurant licence is subject to the conditions that —

the business conducted at the licensed premises must consist primarily and predominantly of the regular supply to customers of meals to be eaten there; and

subject to subsection (1a), liquor must not be consumed by a person on the licensed premises except ancillary to a meal supplied, or to be supplied, by the licensee to, and eaten by, that person there; and

the licensed premises must contain kitchen facilities that are suitable for the preparation of the meals to be supplied by the licensee.