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Liquor Act 1992
sec.150BNotification of change—artisan producer licence (spirits)
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### sec.150B Notification of change—artisan producer licence (spirits)
This section applies if the holder of an artisan producer licence (spirits) is a corporation.
The licensee must give the commissioner written notice under this section if—
a non-large distiller to which the licensee is related becomes a large distiller; or
the licensee becomes related to a distiller that is a large distiller.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
A notice under subsection (2) (a) must be given within 14 days of the end of the financial year in which the distiller becomes a large distiller.
A notice under subsection (2) (b) must be given within 14 days of the day the licensee becomes related to the large distiller.
For subsection (2) , a licensee that is a corporation is related to a distiller if—
20% or more of the corporation’s shares are owned by, or held in trust for, the distiller or a subsidiary of the distiller; or
20% or more of the votes that may be cast at a general meeting of the corporation are able to be cast by, or on behalf of, the distiller or a subsidiary of the distiller.
In this section—
large distiller means a distiller that produces more than 2 million litres of spirits in any financial year.
non-large distiller means a distiller other than a large distiller.
s 150B ins 2021 No. 4 s 25
(sec.150B-ssec.1) This section applies if the holder of an artisan producer licence (spirits) is a corporation.
(sec.150B-ssec.2) The licensee must give the commissioner written notice under this section if— a non-large distiller to which the licensee is related becomes a large distiller; or the licensee becomes related to a distiller that is a large distiller. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(sec.150B-ssec.3) A notice under subsection (2) (a) must be given within 14 days of the end of the financial year in which the distiller becomes a large distiller.
(sec.150B-ssec.4) A notice under subsection (2) (b) must be given within 14 days of the day the licensee becomes related to the large distiller.
(sec.150B-ssec.5) For subsection (2) , a licensee that is a corporation is related to a distiller if— 20% or more of the corporation’s shares are owned by, or held in trust for, the distiller or a subsidiary of the distiller; or 20% or more of the votes that may be cast at a general meeting of the corporation are able to be cast by, or on behalf of, the distiller or a subsidiary of the distiller.
(sec.150B-ssec.6) In this section— large distiller means a distiller that produces more than 2 million litres of spirits in any financial year. non-large distiller means a distiller other than a large distiller.
- (a) a non-large distiller to which the licensee is related becomes a large distiller; or
- (b) the licensee becomes related to a distiller that is a large distiller.
- (a) 20% or more of the corporation’s shares are owned by, or held in trust for, the distiller or a subsidiary of the distiller; or
- (b) 20% or more of the votes that may be cast at a general meeting of the corporation are able to be cast by, or on behalf of, the distiller or a subsidiary of the distiller.