Liquor Act 2007
114Sale of liquor through internet or by other communication media
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114 Sale of liquor through internet or by other communication media
114 Sale of liquor through internet or by other communication media
(1) A licensee who sells liquor by taking orders over the telephone or by facsimile or by mail order must cause the licence number to be displayed in any advertisement or information published in writing or electronically in connection with such sales.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(2) A licensee who sells liquor through an internet site or by other electronic means must ensure that the licence number is prominently displayed on the site or by other electronic means and in any advertisement or information published in writing or electronically in connection with such sales.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(3) A licensee who sells liquor by taking orders over the telephone or by facsimile or by mail order, or who sells liquor through an internet site or by other electronic means—
(a) must, at the time at which an agreement for sale is made, require the prospective purchaser to supply the purchaser’s date of birth so as to confirm that the prospective purchaser is of or above the age of 18 years, unless the prospective purchaser has previously supplied the purchaser’s date of birth to the licensee, and
(b) must give written instructions to the person responsible for delivery of the liquor, requiring that the liquor be delivered—
(i) to the adult person who placed the order, or
(ii) to another adult person at those premises who undertakes to accept it on behalf of the person who placed the order, or
(iii) if the delivery is made on a day after the day the order is taken—in accordance with the customer’s instructions, or
(iv) if the order was sold through an internet site or by other electronic means—to another adult person nominated by the person who placed the order.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(4) If delivery of any liquor sold in a manner described in this section is taken by a minor—
(a) the delivery is taken to constitute a supply to which section 117(2) applies, and
(b) the licensee, and any person by whom the liquor was delivered on the licensee’s behalf, are each taken to have supplied the liquor contrary to section 117(2).