Liquor Act 2010
121Offence—child or young person in adults-only area
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121 Offence—child or young person in adults-only area (1) A person commits an offence if the person is— (a) a child or young person; and (b) in an adults-only area at— (2) This section does not apply to a child or young person if the child or young person is in the care of an adult who— (a) is a parent, step-parent, guardian, person acting in place of a parent, domestic partner or carer of the child or young person; and (b) could reasonably be expected to responsibly supervise the child or young person. Note For the meaning of domestic partner, see the Legislation Act, s 169. (3) This section does not apply to a young person if the young person is in the adults-only area in the course of— (a) the young person’s employment at the licensed premises or Note 1 Employment of children is dealt with in the Children and Young People Act 2008. Note 2 Children and young people must not serve liquor (see s 118).
(4) This section does not apply to a young person if— (a) the young person is attending an approved young people’s event in the adults-only area; and (b) the event is conducted in accordance with the young people’s event approval. mentioned in ss (2), (3) and (4) (see Criminal Code, s 58). Note 2 A police officer may caution a child or young person in relation to this Note 3 Young people’s event approvals are made under s 95 (3).