{"id":"liquor-control-warralong-restricted-area-regulations-2013","name":"Liquor Control (Warralong Restricted Area) Regulations 2013","slug":"liquor-control-warralong-restricted-area-regulations-2013","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":178757,"registerId":"wa-liquor-control-warralong-restricted-area-regulations-2013-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Liquor Control (Warralong Restricted Area) Regulations 2013","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nLiquor Control Act 1988\n\nLiquor Control (Warralong Restricted Area) Regulations 2013\n\nWestern Australia\n\nLiquor Control (Warralong Restricted Area) Regulations 2013\n\nContents\n\n1. Citation 1\n\n2. Commencement 1\n\n3. Terms used 1\n\n5. Declaration of restricted area 2\n\n6. Notice of restricted area 2\n\n7. Prohibitions as to liquor in the Warralong 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\nWestern Australia\n\nLiquor Control Act 1988\n\nLiquor Control (Warralong Restricted Area) Regulations 2013\n\n##### 1. Citation\n\n\t\tThese regulations are the *Liquor Control (Warralong Restricted Area) Regulations 2013*.\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. Terms used\n\nIn these regulations —\n\nWarralong Aboriginal Community means —\n\n(a) the land lying within a circle of 20 km radius measured from the centre of the Warralong basketball court located at the point with the following Geocentric Datum of Australia 2020 (GDA2020) coordinates —\n\n(i) 20.648459oS;\n\n(ii) 199.590342oE;\n\nand\n\n(b) the land lying within 15 metres of the centreline of that part of Goldsworthy Road which runs between Marble Bar Road and the circle described in paragraph (a); and\n\n(c) the land lying within 1 kilometre either side of the centreline of that part of Goldsworthy Road that runs between Great Northern Highway and the circle described in paragraph (a).\n\n[Regulation 3 amended: Gazette 16 Sep 2016 p. 3942; SL 2022/158 r. 11.]\n\n[**4.** Deleted: Gazette 16 Sep 2016 p. 3942.]\n\n##### 5. Declaration of restricted area\n\nThe Warralong 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 is to take all reasonable steps to cause to be posted and, while the Warralong 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 Warralong 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 the Warralong Aboriginal Community\n\n(1) A person, other than an exempt person, who —\n\n(a) brings liquor into, or causes liquor to be brought into, the Warralong Aboriginal Community; or\n\n(b) has liquor in his or her possession in the Warralong Aboriginal Community\n\ncommits an offence.\n\nPenalty:\n\n(a) if committed by a licensee, a manager of licensed premises or a director of a body corporate that holds a licence — a fine of $5 000;\n\n(b) in any other case — a fine of $2 000.\n\n(2) In this regulation —\n\nexempt person means the driver of, or a passenger in, a transiting vehicle;\n\ntransiting vehicle means a vehicle that transits the Warralong Aboriginal Community on a public road without —\n\n(a) stopping; or\n\n(b) discharging any person or item.\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 31 October 2027.\n\n[Regulation 9 inserted: Gazette 16 Sep 2016 p. 3943; amended: Gazette 9 Aug 2019 p. 3025; SL 2022/158 r. 12.]\n\n![]()\n\nNotes\n\nThis is a compilation of the *Liquor Control (Warralong Restricted Area) Regulations 2013* 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 (Warralong Restricted Area) Regulations 2013* 1 | 20 Sep 2013 p. 4360‑1 | r. 1 and 2: 20 Sep 2013 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 21 Sep 2013 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Liquor Control (Warralong Restricted Area) Amendment Regulations 2016* | 16 Sep 2016 p. 3942-3 | r. 1 and 2: 16 Sep 2016 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 17 Sep 2016 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Liquor Control (Warralong Restricted Area) Amendment Regulations 2019* | 9 Aug 2019 p. 3025 | r. 1 and 2: 9 Aug 2019 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 10 Aug 2019 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Racing and Gaming Regulations Amendment (Liquor Control) Regulations (No. 3) 2022* Pt. 4 | SL 2022/158 9 Sep 2022 | 10 Sep 2022 (see r. 2(b)) |\n\n\nOther notes\n\n1 These regulations expire at the close of 31 October 2027 (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\nexempt person 7(2)\n\ntransiting vehicle 7(2)\n\nWarralong Aboriginal Community 3\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"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"},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Amendments recorded in the compilation table and footnotes show the instrument's scope has been altered since first made: regulation 3 (the defined area) was amended (Gazette 16 Sep 2016; SL 2022/158 r.11) and regulation 4 was deleted (Gazette 16 Sep 2016). Regulation 9 (the expiry/period of effect) was inserted in 2016 and subsequently amended (Gazette 16 Sep 2016; 9 Aug 2019; SL 2022/158 r.12), so the geographic definition and temporal limits have been modified from the original text."},"complexity_factors":["Geographic definition is precise and multi-part (regulation 3) — uses coordinates and road-centred buffers which requires mapping to apply.","Offence structure includes a narrow exemption for 'transiting vehicles' and differentiated penalties (regulation 7(1)–(2)), creating a compliance/interpretation task for drivers and enforcement officers.","Enforcement power allows police to seize and dispose of containers despite usual Act limits (regulation 8 referencing section 155 of the Act), adding an operational override to normal disposal procedure.","Administrative obligation on the Director to post and maintain notices at customary access routes, but failure to post does not invalidate the declaration (regulation 6(1)–(2)) — creates an imperfect compliance safety valve.","Temporal limit and amendment history (regulation 9 and compilation notes) mean the instrument is time‑bound and has been altered since enactment, affecting continuity and planning."],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations declare the Warralong Aboriginal Community a restricted area under the Liquor Control Act and make it an offence to bring or possess liquor there except for occupants of transiting vehicles. They set tiered fines ($5,000 for licensees/managers/directors; $2,000 for others), require the Director of Liquor Licensing to post entry notices, and authorise police to seize and dispose of suspected liquor containers. The regulations operate until 31 October 2027 unless repealed."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Insufficient information to assess whether scope changed from original intent. The document content was not retrievable. Based solely on the title, there are no indicators of scope expansion or contraction from what would be expected of a standard liquor restricted area instrument."},"complexity_factors":["Source document is entirely unavailable — only a title and error page were provided","No legislative text could be analysed, preventing any substantive legal assessment","Based on comparable WA restricted area regulations, such instruments are typically short and narrow in scope, suggesting low inherent complexity","Geographic and community-specific application may require local knowledge to fully interpret"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations likely designate the Warralong community as a restricted area under the Liquor Control Act 1988 (WA), restricting or prohibiting possession, supply and consumption of alcohol within that zone. They would apply to anyone entering, living in, or passing through Warralong and aim to reduce alcohol-related harm in the community, with contraventions typically able to attract criminal penalties."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations remain tightly focused on their original purpose: establishing a restricted area for alcohol control in the Warralong Aboriginal Community. Amendments have only updated the expiry date (extended to 2027) and refined the geographic coordinates (updating to GDA2020 standard), without expanding the scope beyond alcohol prohibition in this specific location."},"complexity_factors":["Only 8 substantive regulations (one deleted)","3 defined terms total","Simple geographic description using coordinates and road references","Single offence provision with straightforward penalty structure","No nested exceptions or complex conditional logic","Minimal cross-referencing (only references to parent Act for context)"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations create a **dry zone** (called a \"restricted area\") around the Warralong Aboriginal Community in Western Australia. \n\n**What it does:**\n- **Bans alcohol** in a specific geographic area: a 20km radius from the Warralong basketball court, plus sections of Goldsworthy Road leading into the community.\n- **Makes it illegal** for anyone (except those just driving through without stopping) to bring alcohol into this area or possess it there.\n- **Allows police** to seize and destroy any alcohol containers they suspect are involved in an offence.\n- **Requires warning signs** to be posted at entry points explaining the ban and penalties.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Residents and visitors to the Warralong Aboriginal Community.\n- People driving through on Goldsworthy Road (they're exempt if they don't stop).\n- Licensed venues and their staff face higher fines ($5,000) than ordinary people ($2,000).\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis is a form of **alcohol restriction** commonly used in remote Aboriginal communities to reduce alcohol-related harm. The regulations are temporary and will automatically expire on 31 October 2027 unless renewed."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/liquor-control-warralong-restricted-area-regulations-2013","history":"/api/acts/liquor-control-warralong-restricted-area-regulations-2013/history","analysis":"/api/acts/liquor-control-warralong-restricted-area-regulations-2013/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/liquor-control-warralong-restricted-area-regulations-2013/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/liquor-control-warralong-restricted-area-regulations-2013/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/liquor-control-warralong-restricted-area-regulations-2013/documents"}}