{"id":"liquor-commission-rules-2007","name":"Liquor Commission Rules 2007","slug":"liquor-commission-rules-2007","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":178603,"registerId":"wa-liquor-commission-rules-2007-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Liquor Commission Rules 2007","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nLiquor Control Act 1988\n\nLiquor Commission Rules 2007\n\nWestern Australia\n\nLiquor Commission Rules 2007\n\nContents\n\nPart 1 — Preliminary\n\n1. Citation 1\n\n2. Commencement 1\n\n3. Terms used 1\n\n4. Application of these rules 2\n\nPart 2 — Practice and procedure\n\n5. Applications for review of decision of Director (s. 25 of Act) 3\n\n6. Appeals against decision of Commission constituted by one member (s. 28(4a) of Act) 4\n\n7. Complaints (s. 95 of Act) 4\n\n8A. Lodging written submissions for proceedings 5\n\n8. Separate proceedings determined simultaneously 5\n\n9. Separate proceedings heard together 6\n\n10. Withdrawal 6\n\n11. Orders relating to practice and procedure 6\n\n12. Costs orders 6\n\nPart 3 — Miscellaneous\n\n13. Authentication of decisions of Commission 7\n\n14. Obtaining copies of documents in relation to proceedings 7\n\n15. Costs and charges payable in relation to proceedings 7\n\n16. Repeal and savings 7\n\nSchedule 1 — Costs and charges payable in relation to proceedings\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 9\n\nOther notes 10\n\nDefined terms\n\n  \n\nLiquor Control Act 1988\n\nLiquor Commission Rules 2007\n\n## Part 1 — Preliminary\n\n##### 1. Citation\n\n\t\tThese rules are the *Liquor Commission Rules 2007*.\n\n##### 2. Commencement\n\nThese rules come into operation as follows:\n\n(a) rules 1 and 2 — on the day on which these rules are published in the *Gazette*;\n\n(b) the rest of the rules — on the day after that day.\n\n##### 3. Terms used\n\nIn these rules, unless the contrary intention appears —\n\n  document means any record that is or is capable of being put on paper;\n\n  lodge means to lodge at the office of the Commission;\n\n  party means a party to proceedings;\n\n  proceedings means —\n\n(a) a matter referred to the Commission by the Director under section 24 of the Act; or\n\n(b) an application under section 25 of the Act for the review of a decision of the Director; or\n\n(c) an appeal under section 28(4a) of the Act against a decision of the Commission constituted by one member; or\n\n(d) a complaint under section 95 of the Act; or\n\n(e) an application under section 115AD(3) of the Act; or\n\n(f) an application under section 152NH(2) of the Act; or\n\n(g) an application under section 152YY(1) of the Act;\n\n  record means any thing or process —\n\n(a) on or by which information is recorded or stored; or\n\n(b) by means of which a meaning can be conveyed by any means in a visible or recoverable form,\n\nwhether or not the use or assistance of some electronic, electrical, mechanical, chemical or other device or process is required to recover or convey the information or meaning.\n\n[Rule 3 amended: Gazette 21 Jun 2011 p. 2251; SL 2022/218 r. 4; SL 2023/198 r. 4.]\n\n##### 4. Application of these rules\n\nUnless the Commission in a particular case orders otherwise, these rules apply in all proceedings.\n\n## Part 2 — Practice and procedure\n\n##### 5. Applications for review of decision of Director (s. 25 of Act)\n\n(1A) In this rule —\n\ninterested person and reviewable decision have the meanings given in section 25(1A) of the Act.\n\n(1) If an interested person wants to apply under section 25 of the Act for the Commission to review a reviewable decision, the interested person must —\n\n(a) within the time period referred to in section 25(2) of the Act, lodge a written application in accordance with subrule (2) —\n\n(i) by hand delivery; or\n\n(ii) by pre‑paid post; or\n\n(iii) by facsimile transmission; or\n\n(iv) by email;\n\nand\n\n(b) as soon as practicable after lodging the application, serve a copy of the application on the Director and every other interested person.\n\n(2) The application must clearly state —\n\n(a) the name, address and telephone number of the applicant; and\n\n(b) the decision the applicant wants reviewed; and\n\n(c) the grounds of the application; and\n\n(d) the date of the decision.\n\n(3) The application may include information, or be accompanied by any other material, that was before the Director when making the decision.\n\n[Rule 5 amended: SL 2022/218 r. 5.]\n\n##### 6. Appeals against decision of Commission constituted by one member (s. 28(4a) of Act)\n\n(1) If a party to proceedings wants to appeal under section 28(4a) of the Act against a decision of the Commission constituted by one member, the party must —\n\n(a) within one month after the decision, lodge a written appeal in accordance with subrule (2) —\n\n(i) by hand delivery; or\n\n(ii) by pre‑paid post; or\n\n(iii) by facsimile transmission; or\n\n(iv) by email;\n\nand\n\n(b) as soon as practicable after lodging the appeal, serve a copy of the appeal on every other person who was a party to the proceedings in which the relevant decision was made.\n\n(2) The appeal must clearly state —\n\n(a) the name, address and telephone number of the appellant; and\n\n(b) the decision the appellant is appealing against; and\n\n(c) the grounds of the appeal; and\n\n(d) the name of the member who gave the decision; and\n\n(e) the date of the decision.\n\n##### 7. Complaints (s. 95 of Act)\n\nIf a person wants to lodge a complaint under section 95 of the Act the person may do so —\n\n(a) by hand delivery; or\n\n(b) by pre‑paid post; or\n\n(c) by facsimile transmission; or\n\n(d) by email.\n\n##### 8A. Lodging written submissions for proceedings\n\n(1) If a party to proceedings wants to lodge written submissions in relation to those proceedings, the submissions —\n\n(a) must be a summary of the party’s arguments expressed so as to convey the substance of them clearly and as succinctly as possible; and\n\n(b) must be set out in numbered paragraphs; and\n\n(c) must not exceed —\n\n(i) in the case of the primary submissions, 20 pages; or\n\n(ii) in the case of any further submissions that the Commission allows to be lodged, 10 pages.\n\n(2) If the party’s written submissions refer to any legislation, judgment, legal text or any other related material (an authority), the party must, at the time the party lodges its written submissions, provide —\n\n(a) for an authority that is a judgment — a copy of the complete judgment;\n\n(b) for any other authority — sufficient details to enable the authority to be identified and located.\n\n(3) The party must, as soon as practicable after lodging the written submissions, serve a copy of them on every other party to the proceedings.\n\n[Rule 8A inserted: Gazette 18 Nov 2014 p. 4327-8.]\n\n##### 8. Separate proceedings determined simultaneously\n\nThe Commission may, on an application by a party or on its own initiative, order that separate proceedings be determined simultaneously, irrespective of when the applications, appeals, complaints or referrals giving rise to the proceedings were made.\n\n##### 9. Separate proceedings heard together\n\nThe Commission may, on an application by a party or on its own initiative, order that separate proceedings be heard together.\n\n##### 10. Withdrawal\n\n(1) If a party wants to withdraw from proceedings, the party must do so by —\n\n(a) lodging a written notice of that withdrawal; and\n\n(b) serving a copy of that notice on every other party.\n\n(2) The Commission may give the party leave to withdraw its application or objection in the absence of the parties.\n\n##### 11. Orders relating to practice and procedure\n\n(1) If a party wants to make an application for an order relating to practice or procedure the party must do so by lodging the application in writing.\n\n(2) A party may, with the leave of the Commission, make an application for an order relating to practice or procedure orally at any hearing before the Commission.\n\n##### 12. Costs orders\n\n(1) If the Commission orders a party to pay the costs of another party, the Commission is to list the proceedings for an assessment of those costs and notify the parties in writing.\n\n(2) When the Commission lists proceedings for an assessment of costs, the party entitled to costs must lodge and serve on the other parties a written bill of those costs.\n\n## Part 3 — Miscellaneous\n\n##### 13. Authentication of decisions of Commission\n\nA decision of the Commission is to be authenticated by —\n\n(a) being signed by a member of the Commission; and\n\n(b) having the seal of the Commission affixed to it.\n\n##### 14. Obtaining copies of documents in relation to proceedings\n\nA party to proceedings may obtain a copy of any of the following documents —\n\n(a) a document the party is entitled to inspect under section 16(11)(b) of the Act;\n\n(b) a transcript of the proceedings.\n\n[Rule 14 inserted: SL 2020/29 r. 4.]\n\n##### 15. Costs and charges payable in relation to proceedings\n\nThe costs and charges set out in Schedule 1 are payable in relation to proceedings.\n\n##### 16. Repeal and savings\n\n(1) The *Liquor Licensing Court Rules 2005* are repealed.\n\n(2) Proceedings under the repealed rules subsisting immediately before the commencement day may be continued as if the repealed rules had not been repealed.\n\n(3) In this rule —\n\n  commencement day means the day on which these rules come into operation;\n\n  repealed rules means the rules repealed by subrule (1).\n\nSchedule 1 — Costs and charges payable in relation to proceedings\n\n[r. 15]\n\n|  | **Cost or charge** | **$** |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1. | Charge payable for lodging an application for the review of a decision by the Director (rule 5 and section 25 of the Act) | 468.00 |\n| 2. | Charge payable for lodging an appeal against a decision of the Commission constituted by one member (rule 6 and section 28(4a) of the Act) | 468.00 |\n| 3. | Cost per page to obtain a copy of a document a party is entitled to inspect under section 16(11)(b) of the Act or a transcript of proceedings (rule 14) | 5.00 |\n\n\n[Schedule 1 amended: Gazette 1 Dec 2009 p. 4816; 21 Jun 2011 p. 2251‑2; 18 Nov 2014 p. 4328; 10 Sep 2019 p. 3226; SL 2020/29 r. 5; SL 2022/72 r. 4; SL 2023/160 r. 4; SL 2024/204 r. 4; SL 2025/185 r. 4.]\n\n![dline]()\n\nNotes\n\nThis is a compilation of the *Liquor Commission Rules 2007* and includes amendments made by other written laws. For provisions that have come into operation, and for information about any reprints, see the compilation table.\n\nCompilation table\n\n| **Citation** | | **Published** | **Commencement** | |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| *Liquor Commission Rules 2007* | | 5 Oct 2007 p. 5313‑23 | r. 1 and 2: 5 Oct 2007 (see r. 2(a));   Rules other than r. 1 and 2: 6 Oct 2007 (see r. 2(b)) | |\n| *Liquor Commission Amendment Rules 2009* | | 1 Dec 2009 p. 4816 | r. 1 and 2: 1 Dec 2009 (see r. 2(a));   Rules other than r. 1 and 2: 2 Dec 2009 (see r. 2(b)) | |\n| *Liquor Commission Amendment Rules 2011* | | 21 Jun 2011 p. 2251‑2 | r. 1 and 2: 21 Jun 2011 (see r. 2(a));   Rules other than r. 1 and 2: 22 Jun 2011 (see r. 2(b)) | |\n| *Liquor Commission Amendment Rules 2014* | | 18 Nov 2014 p. 4327‑8 | r. 1 and 2: 18 Nov 2014 (see r. 2(a));   Rules other than r. 1 and 2: 19 Nov 2014 (see r. 2(b)) | |\n| **Reprint 1: The *Liquor Commission Rules 2007* as at 10 Mar 2017** (includes amendments listed above) | | | | |\n| *Liquor Commission Amendment Rules 2019* | 10 Sep 2019 p. 3225-6 | | | r. 1 and 2: 10 Sep 2019 (see r. 2(a));   Rules other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jan 2020 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Liquor Commission Amendment Rules 2020* | SL 2020/29   31 Mar 2020 | | | r. 1 and 2: 31 Mar 2020 (see r. 2(a));   Rules other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Apr 2020 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Liquor Commission Amendment Rules 2022* | SL 2022/72 3 Jun 2022 | | | r. 1 and 2: 3 Jun 2022 (see r. 2(a));   Rules other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jan 2023 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Liquor Commission Amendment Rules (No. 2) 2022* | SL 2022/218 23 Dec 2022 | | | r. 1 and 2: 23 Dec 2022 (see r. 2(a));   Rules other than r. 1 and 2: 24 Dec 2022 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Liquor Commission Amendment Rules 2023* | SL 2023/160 24 Oct 2023 | | | r. 1 and 2: 24 Oct 2023 (see r. 2(a))   Rules other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jan 2024 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Liquor Commission Amendment Rules (No. 2) 2023* (other than Pt. 3) 1 | SL 2023/198 13 Dec 2023 | | | Pt. 1: 13 Dec 2023 (see r. 2(a));   Pt. 2: 14 Dec 2023 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Liquor Commission Amendment Rules 2024* | SL 2024/204 1 Oct 2024 | | | r. 1 and 2: 1 Oct 2024 (see r. 2(a));   Rules other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jan 2025 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Liquor Commission Amendment Rules 2025* | SL 2025/185 7 Nov 2025 | | | r. 1 and 2: 7 Nov 2025 (see r. 2(a));   Rules other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jan 2026 (see r. 2(b)) |\n\n\nOther notes\n\n1 The *Liquor Commission Amendment Rules (No. 2) 2023* Pt. 3 will not come into operation because the *Liquor Control Amendment (Banned Drinkers Register) Act 2023* s. 31 was deleted by the *Liquor Control Amendment Act 2025* s. 128 before it purported to come into operation (see SL 2023/198 r. 2(c)).\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\nauthority 8A(2)\n\ncommencement day 16(3)\n\ndocument 3\n\ninterested person 5(1A)\n\nlodge 3\n\nparty 3\n\nproceedings 3\n\nrecord 3\n\nrepealed rules 16(3)\n\nreviewable decision 5(1A)\n\n© State of Western Australia 2026.\n\nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0). To view relevant information and for a link to a copy of the licence, visit www.legislation.wa.gov.au.\n\nAttribute work as: © State of Western Australia 2026.\n\nBy Authority: ROGER JACOBS, Acting Government Printer\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: establishing procedural rules for the Liquor Commission. While it has been amended multiple times (9 amendment sets since 2007), these changes have been incremental updates—adding email as a lodgement method (2011, 2022), introducing page limits for submissions (2014), updating fees (multiple years), and adding document inspection rights (2020). The scope has not expanded beyond procedural governance of the Commission's operations."},"complexity_factors":["Short length (16 rules plus Schedule)","Minimal cross-referencing (primarily references to the parent Liquor Control Act 1988)","Simple conditional logic (mostly 'if X, then Y' structures without nested exceptions)","Only 9 defined terms in the interpretation section (Rule 3), plus 3 sub-definitions in Rule 16(3) and 2 in Rule 5(1A)","Straightforward procedural structure (Part 1: Preliminary, Part 2: Practice and Procedure, Part 3: Miscellaneous)","No exceptions to exceptions or deeply nested subsections","Plain language drafting with minimal legalese"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this is:** These are the procedural rules that govern how the Western Australian Liquor Commission operates. Think of them as the 'house rules' for how disputes about liquor licences and decisions get handled.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- **Licensees and applicants** – anyone who wants to sell alcohol in WA and needs to challenge a decision made by the Director of Liquor Licensing\n- **Community members** – people making complaints about licensed premises\n- **The Commission itself** – the body that hears appeals and reviews\n\n**What it does:**\n\n- **Sets out how to challenge decisions:** If the Director of Liquor Licensing refuses your licence application or imposes tough conditions, these rules explain how to apply for a review (Rule 5). You have to do it in writing, state your grounds clearly, and pay a fee (currently $468).\n\n- **Handles appeals:** If one member of the Commission hears your case and you think they got it wrong, you can appeal to the full Commission within one month (Rule 6).\n\n- **Manages complaints:** People can lodge complaints about licensed venues by email, post, fax, or in person (Rule 7).\n\n- **Controls written submissions:** Lawyers and parties can't just dump mountains of paper on the Commission. Submissions are capped at 20 pages for main arguments and 10 pages for replies, and must include copies of any court cases or laws they rely on (Rule 8A).\n\n- **Deals with costs:** The Commission can order one party to pay another's legal costs, and sets fees for copying documents ($5 per page) (Rules 12, 14, 15 and Schedule 1).\n\n- **Allows flexibility:** The Commission can hear multiple related cases together or decide them at the same time, even if filed separately (Rules 8 and 9).\n\n**Why it matters:** These rules ensure that disputes about alcohol licensing are handled fairly, efficiently, and consistently. Without them, the Commission would operate arbitrarily, and parties wouldn't know their rights or obligations when challenging decisions that can make or break a hospitality business."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed as no legislative content was provided. The source URL returned an error page indicating the content has moved or been removed from the Western Australian legislation website."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative content was retrievable — the page returned a 'no longer available' error message rather than the actual text of the rules","It is impossible to assess legal complexity without the substantive content of the legislation","Score of 1 reflects absence of content, not simplicity of the law itself"],"plain_english_summary":"**No legislation content could be retrieved.**\n\nThe page for the *Liquor Commission Rules 2007* (Western Australia) is no longer available at its original web address. The content of the actual rules was not accessible — only an error message and a site notice were returned.\n\n**What this means for you:** It is not possible to summarise what this legislation does, who it affects, or how it might impact you based on the information provided. To access the current version of these rules, you should:\n- Visit the [Western Australian Legislation website](https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au) and search directly for \"Liquor Commission Rules 2007\"\n- Contact the Parliamentary Counsel's Office Helpdesk as suggested on the page\n- Check with the Western Australian Liquor Commission directly"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The rules govern procedure for a broad set of Commission matters and have been extended in the text to cover additional types of applications listed in the definition of 'proceedings' (including applications under s.115AD, s.152NH and s.152YY), to permit electronic lodgement, to impose page limits and documentary requirements for submissions (rule 8A), to provide for obtaining transcripts or copies (rule 14), and to specify fixed fees and per‑page charges in Schedule 1. The rules also repeal the earlier Liquor Licensing Court Rules while preserving subsisting proceedings."},"complexity_factors":["Procedural focus with straightforward, discrete requirements (lodgement methods, service, content of applications and appeals)","Cross-references to multiple sections of the Liquor Control Act 1988 that define the kinds of proceedings covered (requires users to consult the Act)","Defined composite term 'proceedings' which aggregates several statutory routes (adds parsing work for scope)","Discretion granted to the Commission to order departures (e.g. order otherwise, hear together, allow further submissions) increases uncertainty in application","Prescriptive limits (page caps for submissions) and evidentiary requirements (copies of authorities) create compliance costs","Schedule of charges imposes direct monetary costs on applicants and parties seeking copies"],"plain_english_summary":"These rules set the practice and procedure for the Western Australia Liquor Commission: how to lodge reviews, appeals and complaints, serve documents, file written submissions (including page limits), withdraw, and obtain authenticated decisions or copies. The Schedule fixes fees for lodging a review or appeal and per‑page copying charges. They affect interested persons, licensees, appellants and complainants — applicants pay the set charges, and the Commission controls timing, service, page limits and whether proceedings are heard or determined together."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/liquor-commission-rules-2007","history":"/api/acts/liquor-commission-rules-2007/history","analysis":"/api/acts/liquor-commission-rules-2007/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/liquor-commission-rules-2007/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/liquor-commission-rules-2007/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/liquor-commission-rules-2007/documents"}}