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Liquor Act 1992
sec.107DRestriction on grant of adult entertainment permit
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### sec.107D Restriction on grant of adult entertainment permit
The commissioner may grant an application for an adult entertainment permit only if the commissioner is satisfied that—
the applicant is a suitable person to provide adult entertainment in licensed premises (the relevant premises ) or premises to which a community liquor permit or restricted liquor permit relates (also the relevant premises ); and
if the application were granted, the combined total of sex work businesses and premises permitted to provide adult entertainment in the locality in which the relevant premises are situated would not substantially affect the character of the locality; and
the proposed approved area for the entertainment conforms with the requirements of section 103Q ; and
the applicant has submitted a proposed management plan in the approved form that provides for any matters prescribed under a regulation.
Without limiting subsection (1) , the commissioner must have regard to any comments of the relevant local government or police district officer received under section 117 (2) (a) .
s 107D (prev s 107A) ins 1999 No. 73 s 152
renum 2003 No. 60 s 3 sch
amd 2008 No. 48 s 59 (1) sch 1 ; 2012 No. 25 ss 144 (1) , 146 ; 2013 No. 25 s 136 ; 2013 No. 62 s 68 sch 1 pt 2 ; 2024 No. 23 s 25
(sec.107D-ssec.1) The commissioner may grant an application for an adult entertainment permit only if the commissioner is satisfied that— the applicant is a suitable person to provide adult entertainment in licensed premises (the relevant premises ) or premises to which a community liquor permit or restricted liquor permit relates (also the relevant premises ); and if the application were granted, the combined total of sex work businesses and premises permitted to provide adult entertainment in the locality in which the relevant premises are situated would not substantially affect the character of the locality; and the proposed approved area for the entertainment conforms with the requirements of section 103Q ; and the applicant has submitted a proposed management plan in the approved form that provides for any matters prescribed under a regulation.
(sec.107D-ssec.2) Without limiting subsection (1) , the commissioner must have regard to any comments of the relevant local government or police district officer received under section 117 (2) (a) .
- (a) the applicant is a suitable person to provide adult entertainment in licensed premises (the relevant premises ) or premises to which a community liquor permit or restricted liquor permit relates (also the relevant premises ); and
- (b) if the application were granted, the combined total of sex work businesses and premises permitted to provide adult entertainment in the locality in which the relevant premises are situated would not substantially affect the character of the locality; and
- (c) the proposed approved area for the entertainment conforms with the requirements of section 103Q ; and
- (d) the applicant has submitted a proposed management plan in the approved form that provides for any matters prescribed under a regulation.