Transitional provisions relating to Liquor Control Amendment Act 2025
Schedule 1F Transitional provisions relating to Liquor Control Amendment Act 2025
[s. 177]
[Heading inserted: No. 20 of 2025 s. 62.]
Division 1 — Transitional provisions relating to Liquor Control Amendment Act 2025 Part 2
[Heading inserted: No. 20 of 2025 s. 118.]
1. Terms used
In this Division —
new, in relation to a provision of this Act, means the provision as in force on Part 2 commencement day;
Part 2 commencement day means the day on which the Liquor Control Amendment Act 2025 section 62 comes into operation.
In this Division, a licence or permit is an existing licence or permit if it is in force immediately before Part 2 commencement day.
[Clause 1 inserted: No. 20 of 2025 s. 62; amended: No. 20 of 2025 s. 119.]
2. New licence provisions apply to existing licences
New Part 3 Division 2 applies to an existing licence.
Without limiting subclause (1) —
new section 41A applies to an existing small bar licence; and
new section 41B applies to an existing tavern restricted licence; and
new section 44 applies to an existing casino liquor licence; and
new section 56 applies to an existing producer’s licence.
[Clause 2 inserted: No. 20 of 2025 s. 62.]
3. New permit provisions apply to existing permits
New section 60 applies to an existing permit.
[Clause 3 inserted: No. 20 of 2025 s. 62.]
4. Protection orders are business continuity orders
A protection order in force immediately before Part 2 commencement day is taken to be a business continuity order.
[Clause 4 inserted: No. 20 of 2025 s. 62.]
5. New permitted hours apply to existing licences
New Part 4 Division 1 applies to an existing licence.
Without limiting subclause (1) —
new section 98 applies to an existing hotel licence; and
new section 98AA applies to an existing small bar licence; and
new section 98A applies to an existing nightclub licence; and
new section 98B applies to an existing casino liquor licence; and
new section 98E applies to an existing club licence and club restricted licence; and
new section 98F applies to an existing restaurant licence; and
new section 98G applies to an existing producer’s licence.
[Clause 5 inserted: No. 20 of 2025 s. 62.]
Division 2 — Transitional provisions relating to Liquor Control Amendment Act 2025 Part 3
[Heading inserted: No. 20 of 2025 s. 120.]
Subdivision 1 — Preliminary
[Heading inserted: No. 20 of 2025 s. 120.]
6. Terms used
In this Division —
new, in relation to a provision of this Act, means the provision as in force on Part 3 commencement day;
old, in relation to a provision of this Act, means the provision as in force immediately before Part 3 commencement day;
Part 3 commencement day means the day on which the Liquor Control Amendment Act 2025 sections 70, 116, 120 and 121 come into operation.
[Clause 6 inserted: No. 20 of 2025 s. 120.]
Subdivision 2 — General
[Heading inserted: No. 20 of 2025 s. 120.]
7. Delegations
A person to whom a function of the Director was delegated under old section 15 is taken, on and from Part 3 commencement day, to have been delegated, subject to the same terms and conditions, the function under new section 7.
[Clause 7 inserted: No. 20 of 2025 s. 120.]
8. Authorisations
A person authorised to perform a function of the Director under old section 15 is taken, on and from Part 3 commencement day, to have been authorised, by an agreement under new section 8, to perform the function on behalf of the Director subject to the same terms and conditions.
[Clause 8 inserted: No. 20 of 2025 s. 120.]
9. Inspectors and identity documents
A person who was an inspector under old section 14 is taken, on and from Part 3 commencement day, to be, subject to the same terms and conditions, an inspector under new section 9.
A certificate of identity under old section 14(3) is taken, on and from Part 3 commencement day, to be, subject to the same terms and conditions, an identity card under new section 9.
[Clause 9 inserted: No. 20 of 2025 s. 120.]
10. Confidential police information
Information or documents classified as confidential police information under old section 30 are taken, on and from Part 3 commencement day, to be, subject to the same terms and conditions, confidential police information under new section 17.
[Clause 10 inserted: No. 20 of 2025 s. 120.]
11. References to old provisions taken to be references to corresponding new provisions
A reference in a document under this Act to an old provision is taken, on and from Part 3 commencement day, to be a reference to the new provision that corresponds, or substantially corresponds, to the old provision.
In subclause (1) —
document under this Act includes a document that is, or that is evidence of, an agreement, approval, authorisation, declaration, delegation, instrument, licence, notice, order, permit, record or return made under or for the purposes of this Act;
reference, to an old provision, includes a reference that, by a written law, is to be read, construed or treated as a reference to the old provision.
[Clause 11 inserted: No. 20 of 2025 s. 120.]
Subdivision 3 — Liquor Commission
[Heading inserted: No. 20 of 2025 s. 120.]
12. Abolition of Liquor Commission and repeal of Liquor Commission Rules 2007
On Part 3 commencement day —
the Liquor Commission is abolished and its members go out of office; and
the Liquor Commission Rules 2007 are repealed.
[Clause 12 inserted: No. 20 of 2025 s. 120.]
13. Final annual report of Liquor Commission
The Director must prepare a report (the final annual report) on the activities of the Liquor Commission during the period —
starting on the day of 1 July most recently before Part 3 commencement day; and
ending on Part 3 commencement day.
The Liquor Commission (and, following its abolition, its former members) must provide the Director all reasonable assistance, and access to information, documents, accounts or records, to facilitate the Director’s preparation of the final annual report.
The Director must submit the final annual report to the Minister within 3 months after Part 3 commencement day.
The final annual report must include details of the number, nature and outcome of matters that were determined during the period referred to in subclause (1).
The Minister must cause a copy of the final annual report to be laid before each House of Parliament within 28 days after submission of the report.
Old section 9L applies, with any necessary modifications, to the final annual report.
[Clause 13 inserted: No. 20 of 2025 s. 120.]
14. Transfer day
Part 3 commencement day is the transfer day for the purposes of the State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004 section 167(4).
[Clause 14 inserted: No. 20 of 2025 s. 120.]
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