250Point of sale intervention powers – customer

250 Point of sale intervention powers – customer (1) An inspector or a police officer may exercise the powers under this section in relation to a person who appears to the inspector or officer to be a customer of a licensee for the following reasons: (a) the person is on or in licensed premises or within 20 m of: (i) an entrance to licensed premises; or (ii) an entrance to the building containing licensed premises; or (iii) a driveway or car park for licensed premises; (b) the person appears to the inspector or officer to be intending to purchase, to be purchasing, to have purchased or to possess liquor purchased from the licensee for consumption off the licensed premises.

Liquor Act 2019 136 (2) The inspector or police officer may require the customer to do any of the following: (a) state the customer's name and address; (b) state where the customer intends to consume the liquor; (c) show the customer's identification approved under section 128(3); (d) answer questions about the information in the identification to confirm that the information is accurate; (e) answer questions about whether the customer is: (i) subject to a prohibition referred to in section 128(1); or (ii) prohibited from consuming liquor at the place stated under paragraph (b); (f) state whether the customer intends to provide any of the liquor to another person. (3) If the customer appears to intend to provide any of the liquor to another person, the inspector or police officer may: (a) require the customer to answer questions about the other person, to find out if the other person is prohibited from consuming liquor section 128(1); and (b) investigate whether the customer or other person are subject to a bail condition relating to liquor imposed under Part 3 of the Bail Act 1982; and (c) investigate whether the customer or other person are subject to a prohibition referred to in section 128(1). (4) If the inspector or police officer suspects on reasonable grounds that a liquor related offence is likely to occur, the inspector or officer may do either or both of the following: (a) seize any container in the possession of the customer that the inspector or officer believes on reasonable grounds contains (b) prevent the customer from entering or remaining on or in the (5) The inspector or police officer must destroy the contents of a container seized under subsection (4)(a) as soon as practicable.

Liquor Act 2019 137 (6) If the inspector or police officer believes on reasonable grounds that the identification offered by the customer under subsection (2) is fictitious or false in a material particular, the inspector or officer may seize the identification. (7) If the customer is in a vehicle, an inspector or a police officer may: (a) require the driver of the vehicle to stop the vehicle; and (b) require the driver and passengers to follow any reasonable direction to allow the inspector or officer to exercise a power under subsections (2) to (6).