{"id":"liquor-control-juwurlinji-restricted-area-regulations-2009","name":"Liquor Control (Juwurlinji Restricted Area) Regulations 2009","slug":"liquor-control-juwurlinji-restricted-area-regulations-2009","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":178642,"registerId":"wa-liquor-control-juwurlinji-restricted-area-regulations-2009-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Liquor Control (Juwurlinji Restricted Area) Regulations 2009","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nLiquor Control Act 1988\n\nLiquor Control (Juwurlinji Restricted Area) Regulations 2009\n\nWestern Australia\n\nLiquor Control (Juwurlinji Restricted Area) Regulations 2009\n\nContents\n\n1. Citation 1\n\n2. Commencement 1\n\n3. Term used: Juwurlinji Aboriginal Community 1\n\n5. Declaration of restricted area 2\n\n6. Notice of restricted area 2\n\n7. Prohibitions as to liquor in Juwurlinji Aboriginal Community 2\n\n8. Seizure and disposal of containers of liquor 3\n\n9. Period during which these regulations have effect 3\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 4\n\nOther notes 4\n\nDefined terms\n\n  \n\nLiquor Control Act 1988\n\nLiquor Control (Juwurlinji Restricted Area) Regulations 2009\n\n##### 1. Citation\n\n\t\tThese regulations are the *Liquor Control (Juwurlinji Restricted Area) Regulations 2009*.\n\n##### 2. Commencement\n\nThese regulations come into operation as follows —\n\n(a) regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the *Gazette*;\n\n(b) the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.\n\n##### 3. Term used: Juwurlinji Aboriginal Community\n\nIn these regulations —\n\nJuwurlinji Aboriginal Community means the area of land, being part of Pastoral Lease N049619 (Lot 65), that —\n\n(a) is within 5 km of the public phone box located at the point with the following Geocentric Datum of Australia 2020 (GDA2020) coordinates —\n\n(i) 16.869986°S;\n\n(ii) 128.185841°E;\n\nbut\n\n(b) excludes the area that is part of Pastoral Lease N050126.\n\n[Regulation 3 inserted: SL 2020/62 r. 7.]\n\n[**4.** Deleted: SL 2020/62 r. 7.]\n\n##### 5. Declaration of restricted area\n\nThe Juwurlinji Aboriginal Community is declared to be a restricted area for the purposes of section 175(1a) of the Act.\n\n##### 6. Notice of restricted area\n\n(1) The Director of Liquor Licensing must take all reasonable steps to cause to be posted, and while the Juwurlinji Aboriginal Community continues to be a restricted area by operation of regulation 5 to be kept posted, at each place where a customary access route enters the Juwurlinji Aboriginal Community a notice —\n\n(a) describing the offences set out in regulation 7; and\n\n(b) specifying the penalties for those offences.\n\n(2) A failure to comply with subregulation (1) does not invalidate the declaration in regulation 5.\n\n##### 7. Prohibitions as to liquor in Juwurlinji Aboriginal Community\n\n(1) A person who —\n\n(a) brings liquor into, or causes liquor to be brought into, the Juwurlinji Aboriginal Community; or\n\n(b) has liquor in his or her possession in the Juwurlinji Aboriginal Community,\n\ncommits an offence.\n\nPenalty:\n\n(a) if subregulation (2) applies — a fine of $5 000;\n\n(b) in any other case — a fine of $2 000.\n\n(2) This subregulation applies to an offence under subregulation (1) committed by a licensee, a manager of licensed premises or a director of a body corporate that holds a licence.\n\n##### 8. Seizure and disposal of containers of liquor\n\nDespite section 155(4) and (5) of the Act, a member of the Police Force may seize and, as soon as is practicable, dispose of any opened or unopened container of liquor suspected on reasonable grounds to be the subject of an offence under regulation 7.\n\n##### 9. Period during which these regulations have effect\n\nUnless sooner repealed, these regulations have effect for the period that ends at the close of 24 July 2028.\n\n[Regulation 9 inserted: SL 2020/62 r. 8; amended: SL 2023/78 r. 6.]\n\n![]()\n\nNotes\n\nThis is a compilation of the *Liquor Control (Juwurlinji Restricted Area) Regulations 2009* and includes amendments made by other written laws. For provisions that have come into operation see the compilation table.\n\nCompilation table\n\n| **Citation** | **Published** | **Commencement** |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| *Liquor Control (Juwurlinji Restricted Area) Regulations 2009* 1 | 24 Jul 2009 p. 2947-8 | r. 1 and 2: 24 Jul 2009 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 25 Jul 2009 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Liquor Control (Juwurlinji Restricted Area) Amendment Regulations 2011* | 22 Jul 2011 p. 3027 | r. 1 and 2: 22 Jul 2011 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 23 Jul 2011 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Liquor Control (Juwurlinji Restricted Area) Amendment Regulations 2014* | 11 Jul 2014 p. 2438‑9 | r. 1 and 2: 11 Jul 2014 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 12 Jul 2014 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Liquor Control (Juwurlinji Restricted Area) Amendment Regulations 2017* | 30 Jun 2017 p. 3593 | r. 1 and 2: 30 Jun 2017 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2017 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Racing and Gaming Regulations Amendment (Liquor Control) Regulations 2020* Pt. 3 | SL 2020/62 22 May 2020 | 23 May 2020 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Racing and Gaming Regulations Amendment (Liquor Control) Regulations (No. 3) 2023* Pt. 3 | SL 2023/78 20 Jun 2023 | 21 Jun 2023 (see r. 2(b)) |\n\n\nOther notes\n\n1 These regulations expire at the close of 24 July 2028 (see r. 9).\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\nJuwurlinji Aboriginal Community 3\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Insufficient information to assess whether scope changed from original intent. The document text was entirely inaccessible. Based on the title, the regulation appears narrow and specific in purpose — restricting liquor in a defined geographic area — which is consistent with standard restricted area declarations under the Liquor Control Act 1988 (WA). No evidence of scope change can be determined."},"complexity_factors":["Source document was completely unavailable — only the title could be analysed","Regulations of this type are typically straightforward in structure (declaration of area + offence provisions)","Limited cross-referencing or technical drafting complexity is typical for restricted area declarations","Complexity cannot be fully assessed without the actual text"],"plain_english_summary":"The Regulations likely declared the remote Aboriginal community of Juwurlinji a restricted area under WA’s Liquor Control Act, making possession, supply or consumption of alcohol in the area an offence, enabling warrantless searches for liquor by police, and creating penalties for bringing alcohol into the community. It affects residents and visitors and matters as a local measure aimed at reducing alcohol-related harm."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Yes. The geographic scope was redefined by inserting a coordinate-based 5 km radius from a specified public phone box and excluding part of Pastoral Lease N050126 (reg 3, inserted 2020), altering the area originally captured. The regulations' operative period was also adjusted by amendment (reg 9, amended 2023) to run until 24 July 2028."},"complexity_factors":["Geographic definition relies on precise GDA2020 coordinates and a 5 km radius with an explicit exclusion of Pastoral Lease N050126 (reg 3) — requires mapping to identify the area.","Criminal prohibitions with differential penalties and a higher penalty specifically applying to licensees, managers or corporate directors (reg 7(1)–(2)).","Enforcement power permits police to seize and immediately dispose of opened or unopened liquor despite usual limits under the Act (reg 8 interacting with s.155(4)–(5) of the Liquor Control Act).","Obligation on the Director of Liquor Licensing to post and maintain notices at each customary access route, but non-compliance does not invalidate the restricted-area declaration (reg 6).","Temporal limit: the regulations expire at close of 24 July 2028 unless earlier repealed (reg 9), creating a fixed review/renewal point.","Cross-references to the Liquor Control Act (declaration under s.175(1a) via reg 5) mean practical effect depends on interpreting and applying primary-legislation provisions.","Amendment history (reg 3 inserted 2020; reg 9 amended 2023) shows scope and duration have been altered post-enactment, adding interpretive and administrative complexity."],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations declare the Juwurlinji Aboriginal Community a restricted area under the Liquor Control Act and make it an offence to bring or possess liquor there; fines are up to $5,000 for licensees/managers and $2,000 for others (regs 5, 7). The Director must post notices at customary entry routes, police may seize and dispose of suspected liquor containers (regs 6, 8), and the regulations operate until 24 July 2028 (reg 9)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: establishing and maintaining an alcohol restricted area for the Juwurlinji Aboriginal Community. While the regulations have been amended several times (notably in 2020 to update the geographic coordinates to modern GPS standards and in 2023 to extend the expiry date), these are technical and administrative updates rather than scope expansion. The core prohibition and enforcement mechanisms remain unchanged from the 2009 original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Only 1 defined term in the interpretation section (regulation 3)","No nested exceptions or complex conditional logic","Minimal cross-referencing (only references to sections 155 and 175 of the parent Liquor Control Act 1988)","Straightforward offence structure with simple penalty tier (higher penalty for licensees/directors, lower for others)","Short length (9 regulations, one of which is deleted)","Simple temporal limitation (sunset clause in regulation 9)"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a Western Australian law that creates an **alcohol ban** in a specific Aboriginal community called **Juwurlinji**.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Declares the Juwurlinji Aboriginal Community (a 5km radius around a specific phone box on a pastoral lease in Western Australia) a **\"restricted area\"** — meaning alcohol is banned there.\n- Makes it a crime to bring alcohol into this area or have it in your possession there.\n- Allows police to seize and destroy any alcohol they find, whether opened or not.\n- Requires the government to post warning notices at entry points to the community.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Anyone entering the Juwurlinji Aboriginal Community — visitors, residents, and especially **liquor licensees** (people or businesses with alcohol licences), their managers, and company directors, who face higher penalties ($5,000) than everyone else ($2,000).\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- These \"restricted area\" laws are part of a broader system in Western Australia allowing alcohol bans in specific communities, often to address alcohol-related harm in remote Aboriginal communities. The law automatically expires on **24 July 2028** unless renewed.\n\n**Key details:**\n- The area is precisely mapped using GPS coordinates (16.869986°S, 128.185841°E) and excludes part of a neighbouring lease.\n- Police don't need a warrant to seize alcohol — they just need \"reasonable grounds\" to suspect it's there illegally."},"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"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/liquor-control-juwurlinji-restricted-area-regulations-2009","history":"/api/acts/liquor-control-juwurlinji-restricted-area-regulations-2009/history","analysis":"/api/acts/liquor-control-juwurlinji-restricted-area-regulations-2009/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/liquor-control-juwurlinji-restricted-area-regulations-2009/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/liquor-control-juwurlinji-restricted-area-regulations-2009/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/liquor-control-juwurlinji-restricted-area-regulations-2009/documents"}}