Liquor Act 2019
171No consumption in prohibited public places
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171 No consumption in prohibited public places (1) Subject to Division 6, a person must not consume liquor in any public place (or in a vehicle at a public place) in the following locations: (a) Alice Springs; (b) Darwin; (c) Katherine; (d) Palmerston; (e) Tennant Creek; (f) the Darwin Waterfront Precinct specified under section 4 of the Darwin Waterfront Corporation Act 2006; (g) any local government area that a local council declares, by notice published on the council's website, to be subject to this prohibition; (h) any public place not within a location specified by paragraphs (a) to (g) but within 2 km of licensed premises; (i) any place prescribed by regulation.
Liquor Act 2019 99 (2) If a person contravenes subsection (1): (a) the person may be searched under section 236; and (b) the liquor may be seized and disposed of under section 243.