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Liquor Act 1992
sec.173NCAChanging or revoking area of safe night precincts
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### sec.173NCA Changing or revoking area of safe night precincts
This section applies in relation to an amendment of a regulation under section 173NC to change, or revoke, the area of a safe night precinct if—
as a result of the amendment, particular licensed premises cease to be in the safe night precinct; and
an extended trading hours approval (the approval ) is in force for the licensed premises that extends trading hours to include trading between 12a.m. and 3a.m.
From the day the amendment commences, the approval has effect only to extend trading hours to include trading between 12a.m. and 2a.m.
Subsection (2) does not affect any later amendment or revocation of the approval.
The regulation containing the amendment must provide for the amendment to commence on a day no earlier than 7 days after the regulation is made.
As soon as practicable after the regulation containing the amendment is made, the commissioner must give the licensee written notice—
that, when the amendment commences, the premises cease to be in the safe night precinct; and
of the changed effect of the approval under subsection (2) .
Failure to give the notice does not affect the operation of subsection (2) .
No compensation is payable to any person because of the operation of this section.
s 173NCA ins 2017 No. 5 s 18
amd 2021 No. 7 s 45
(sec.173NCA-ssec.1) This section applies in relation to an amendment of a regulation under section 173NC to change, or revoke, the area of a safe night precinct if— as a result of the amendment, particular licensed premises cease to be in the safe night precinct; and an extended trading hours approval (the approval ) is in force for the licensed premises that extends trading hours to include trading between 12a.m. and 3a.m.
(sec.173NCA-ssec.2) From the day the amendment commences, the approval has effect only to extend trading hours to include trading between 12a.m. and 2a.m.
(sec.173NCA-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not affect any later amendment or revocation of the approval.
(sec.173NCA-ssec.4) The regulation containing the amendment must provide for the amendment to commence on a day no earlier than 7 days after the regulation is made.
(sec.173NCA-ssec.5) As soon as practicable after the regulation containing the amendment is made, the commissioner must give the licensee written notice— that, when the amendment commences, the premises cease to be in the safe night precinct; and of the changed effect of the approval under subsection (2) .
(sec.173NCA-ssec.6) Failure to give the notice does not affect the operation of subsection (2) .
(sec.173NCA-ssec.7) No compensation is payable to any person because of the operation of this section.
- (a) as a result of the amendment, particular licensed premises cease to be in the safe night precinct; and
- (b) an extended trading hours approval (the approval ) is in force for the licensed premises that extends trading hours to include trading between 12a.m. and 3a.m.
- (a) that, when the amendment commences, the premises cease to be in the safe night precinct; and
- (b) of the changed effect of the approval under subsection (2) .