{"id":"alcohol-and-drug-authority-regulations-1990","name":"Alcohol and Drug Authority Regulations 1990","slug":"alcohol-and-drug-authority-regulations-1990","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173584,"registerId":"wa-alcohol-and-drug-authority-regulations-1990-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Alcohol and Drug Authority Regulations 1990","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nAlcohol and Other Drugs Act 1974\n\nAlcohol and Other Drugs Regulations 1990\n\nWestern Australia\n\nAlcohol and Other Drugs Regulations 1990\n\nContents\n\n1. Citation 1\n\n2. Prohibition notice 1\n\n3. Transitional provision for *Alcohol and Drug Authority Amendment Regulations 2015* 2\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 3\n\nDefined terms\n\n  \n\nWestern Australia\n\nAlcohol and Other Drugs Act 1974\n\nAlcohol and Other Drugs Regulations 1990\n\n##### 1. Citation\n\nThese regulations may be cited as the *Alcohol and Other Drugs Regulations 1990* 1.\n\n[Regulation 1 amended: Gazette 10 Apr 2015 p. 1252.]\n\n##### 2. Prohibition notice\n\n(1) The CEO may, by notice in writing (a prohibition notice) served on a person, prohibit the person from entering or remaining in a facility specified in the notice.\n\n(2) A prohibition notice remains in force until it is revoked in writing by the CEO.\n\n(3) While a prohibition notice remains in force, a police officer, a staff member, or a person authorised by the CEO for the purposes of this regulation, may with the use of reasonable force exclude or remove the person who is the subject of the notice from a facility specified in the notice or have the person so excluded or removed.\n\n(4) A person who is the subject of a prohibition notice shall not enter or remain in a facility specified in the notice while the notice is in force.\n\nPenalty for an offence under this subregulation: a fine of $500.\n\n[Regulation 2 amended: Gazette 10 Apr 2015 p. 1252‑3]\n\n##### 3. Transitional provision for *Alcohol and Drug Authority Amendment Regulations 2015*\n\n(1) In this regulation —\n\namended Regulations means the *Alcohol and Other Drugs Regulations 1990* as amended by the *Alcohol and Drug Authority Amendment Regulations 2015*;\n\ncommencement day means the day on which the *Alcohol and Drug Authority Amendment Regulations 2015* regulation 3 comes into operation;\n\nformer Regulations means the *Alcohol and Drug Authority Regulations 1990* as in force before commencement day.\n\n(2) A prohibition notice served under the former Regulations regulation 2 that was in force immediately before commencement day is to be taken to be a prohibition notice served under the amended Regulations regulation 2.\n\n[Regulation 3 inserted: Gazette 10 Apr 2015 p. 1253‑4]\n\nNotes\n\n1 This is a compilation of the *Alcohol and Other Drugs Regulations 1990* and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.\n\nCompilation table\n\n| **Citation** | **Gazettal** | **Commencement** |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| *Alcohol and Drug Authority Regulations 1990* 2 | 11 Jan 1991 p. 48 | 11 Jan 1991 |\n| **Reprint 1: The *Alcohol and Drug Authority Regulations 1990* as at 2 Apr 2004** | | |\n| *Alcohol and Drug Authority Amendment Regulations 2015* | 10 Apr 2015 p. 1252‑4 | r. 1 and 2: 10 Apr 2015 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2): 1 Jul 2015 (see r. 2(b) and *Gazette* 10 Apr 2015 p. 1249) |\n\n\n2 Now known as the *Alcohol and Other Drugs Regulations 1990*; citation amended (see note to r. 1).\n\nDefined terms\n\n*[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]*\n\n**Defined term Provision(s)**\n\na prohibition notice 2(1)\n\namended Regulations 3(1)\n\ncommencement day 3(1)\n\nformer Regulations 3(1)\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed as no legislative text was available for review. The page returned only a system error message indicating the URL has changed due to website upgrades."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative content was retrievable — the source URL returned a 'page not found' error","Cannot assess complexity without access to the actual text of the regulations","Score of 1 reflects the absence of analysable content, not simplicity of the underlying law"],"plain_english_summary":"**No legislation content could be retrieved.**\n\nThe page for the *Alcohol and Drug Authority Regulations 1990* (Western Australia) is no longer available at the linked address. The Western Australian legislation website indicates the page has moved due to system and security upgrades. As a result, **no actual legal text, rules, or provisions could be analysed**.\n\nTo find this legislation, try:\n- Visiting the [Western Australian Legislation website](https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au) directly and searching for the title\n- Contacting the Parliamentary Counsel's Office Helpdesk as suggested on the page"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The regulations were amended in 2015 (including changes to regulation 2) and re-titled; regulation 3 preserves prohibition notices issued under the former 1990 instrument by treating them as notices under the amended instrument (reg 3(2))."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow operational scope — single enforcement tool (prohibition notices) with limited procedural detail (reg 2(1)–(4)).","Decision-maker concentration — CEO has the exclusive power to issue and revoke notices; no statutory criteria for exercise are stated (reg 2(1)–(2)).","'Reasonable force' standard delegated to police, staff or authorised persons introduces interpretive uncertainty for enforceability (reg 2(3)).","Fixed, low-level pecuniary penalty for breach ($500) simplifies sanctions but limits graduated responses (reg 2(4)).","Transitional continuity for pre-existing notices reduces administrative churn but preserves earlier executive decisions under the amended instrument (reg 3(2)).","Short text and few defined terms lower drafting and compliance complexity, but leave implementation details to executive practice (reg 2 generally)."],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations let the CEO issue a written \"prohibition notice\" forbidding a named person from entering or remaining in a specified facility; the notice stays in force until the CEO revokes it. While a notice is active, police, facility staff or persons authorised by the CEO may use reasonable force to exclude or remove the person, and breaching a notice attracts a $500 fine.\n\nA transitional rule preserves prohibition notices issued under the earlier regulations so they continue after the 2015 amendments."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose of providing exclusion powers for treatment facilities. The 2015 amendments were purely technical — updating the name from 'Alcohol and Drug Authority Regulations' to 'Alcohol and Other Drugs Regulations' to match the parent Act, and adding a transitional provision to ensure existing prohibition notices remained valid. No expansion of substantive powers occurred."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document — only 3 regulations total","Minimal defined terms — only 4 terms defined, all in the transitional provision (regulation 3)","No cross-references to other legislation except the parent Act (Alcohol and Other Drugs Act 1974) in the title","Simple conditional logic — straightforward 'if notice in force, then exclusion permitted' structure","Single penalty provision with fixed monetary amount ($500)","No nested exceptions or complex procedural requirements"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this legislation does:**\n\nThese regulations give the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Western Australia's Alcohol and Drug Authority the power to ban people from entering drug and alcohol treatment facilities.\n\n**Key powers:**\n- The CEO can issue a **prohibition notice** (a formal written ban) telling a specific person they cannot enter or stay in a named facility\n- These bans stay in force until the CEO formally cancels them in writing\n- Police, facility staff, or people authorised by the CEO can use **reasonable force** to remove or keep out someone who has been banned\n- It is an offence to ignore a prohibition notice — the penalty is a **$500 fine**\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- People receiving or seeking drug and alcohol treatment services\n- Staff and management of treatment facilities\n- Police officers who may need to enforce removals\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThese rules allow treatment facilities to remove disruptive or dangerous individuals to protect the safety and therapeutic environment for other patients. It provides a legal framework for excluding people without needing to go to court each time, while still requiring formal written notice from the CEO and allowing for physical removal only by authorised persons using reasonable force."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/alcohol-and-drug-authority-regulations-1990","history":"/api/acts/alcohol-and-drug-authority-regulations-1990/history","analysis":"/api/acts/alcohol-and-drug-authority-regulations-1990/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/alcohol-and-drug-authority-regulations-1990/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/alcohol-and-drug-authority-regulations-1990/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/alcohol-and-drug-authority-regulations-1990/documents"}}