Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust Regulation 2024
36Consuming or possessing liquor
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36 Consuming or possessing liquor
36 Consuming or possessing liquor
(1) The Trust or the Chief Executive may prohibit the consumption of liquor on the Trust lands—
(a) at all times, or
(b) at specified times.
(2) The Trust or the Chief Executive may prohibit a person from possessing liquor on the Trust lands during an activity that is—
(a) promoted, organised or conducted by or for the Trust or by a licensee of the Trust, and
(b) conducted in a fenced off part of the Trust lands.
(3) The Trust or the Chief Executive may take action under this section by—
(a) giving a direction, or
(b) displaying a sign on or adjacent to the Trust lands.
(4) A person must not consume or possess liquor on the Trust lands in contravention of a direction given or sign displayed under this section.
Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.
(5) Subsection (4) does not apply unless it is established that—
(a) on the day of the contravention, an authorised person warned the person that the consumption of liquor was prohibited on the Trust lands, and
(b) the person commenced, continued or resumed consuming liquor in contravention of the prohibition after the warning was given.
(6) A person does not commit an offence against subsection (4) for anything done with the written permission of the Trust or the Chief Executive.