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Liquor Act 1992
sec.173EHID scanning obligations of staff members for regulated premises
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### sec.173EH ID scanning obligations of staff members for regulated premises
During the regulated hours for regulated premises, the licensee for the premises must ensure the ID scanning entry requirements are complied with for all entries by patrons to the premises.
Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.
During the regulated hours for regulated premises, a staff member responsible for controlling an entry to the premises must ensure the ID scanning entry requirements are complied with for each patron to whom the staff member allows entry to the premises.
Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.
Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply during regulated hours starting on a day if the licensee is not authorised to sell or supply liquor on the regulated premises after midnight of that day.
Subsections (1) and (2) also do not apply during regulated hours starting on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday if the regulated premises are not open for business after 1a.m. on the following day, regardless of whether the licence, extended hours permit or extended trading hours approval for the premises authorises the premises to be open after 1a.m. on that day.
Despite subsection (4) , subsections (1) and (2) apply during regulated hours starting on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday that is the day before a public holiday if the licensee is authorised to sell or supply liquor on the regulated premises after midnight of that day.
However, the exemptions under subsections (3) and (4) do not apply to regulated premises for regulated hours if a licence condition for the licensee of the premises requires the ID scanning entry requirements to be complied with during the regulated hours.
To remove any doubt, it is declared that this section does not apply in relation to the entry of a person to that part of a premises that is not regulated premises for this division under section 173EF (3) (b) .
This section is subject to section 173EHAA .
In this section—
ID scanning entry requirements , for regulated premises, means the requirements under section 173EHAAA .
s 173EH ins 2014 No. 42 s 74
amd 2017 No. 5 s 17 ; 2019 No. 37 s 6C ; 2020 No. 21 s 19
sub 2021 No. 7 s 32
(sec.173EH-ssec.1) During the regulated hours for regulated premises, the licensee for the premises must ensure the ID scanning entry requirements are complied with for all entries by patrons to the premises. Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.
(sec.173EH-ssec.2) During the regulated hours for regulated premises, a staff member responsible for controlling an entry to the premises must ensure the ID scanning entry requirements are complied with for each patron to whom the staff member allows entry to the premises. Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.
(sec.173EH-ssec.3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply during regulated hours starting on a day if the licensee is not authorised to sell or supply liquor on the regulated premises after midnight of that day.
(sec.173EH-ssec.4) Subsections (1) and (2) also do not apply during regulated hours starting on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday if the regulated premises are not open for business after 1a.m. on the following day, regardless of whether the licence, extended hours permit or extended trading hours approval for the premises authorises the premises to be open after 1a.m. on that day.
(sec.173EH-ssec.5) Despite subsection (4) , subsections (1) and (2) apply during regulated hours starting on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday that is the day before a public holiday if the licensee is authorised to sell or supply liquor on the regulated premises after midnight of that day.
(sec.173EH-ssec.6) However, the exemptions under subsections (3) and (4) do not apply to regulated premises for regulated hours if a licence condition for the licensee of the premises requires the ID scanning entry requirements to be complied with during the regulated hours.
(sec.173EH-ssec.7) To remove any doubt, it is declared that this section does not apply in relation to the entry of a person to that part of a premises that is not regulated premises for this division under section 173EF (3) (b) .
(sec.173EH-ssec.8) This section is subject to section 173EHAA .
(sec.173EH-ssec.9) In this section— ID scanning entry requirements , for regulated premises, means the requirements under section 173EHAAA .