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Liquor Control Act 1988
Part 3Licences and permits
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Part 3 — Licences and permits
Division 1 — General matters
30A. Licences to sell liquor, grant and nature of 52
30B. Power of attorney does not empower donee to act for licensee under this Act 52
31. Licences, generally 53
32. Duration of licences 54
33. Powers of licensing authority when deciding applications 56
34. Refusal of certain applications 58
35. Persons who may hold licences 60
35A. Trustees for unincorporated bodies 61
36. Two or more licences for same premises, restrictions on 61
36A. Applications to be refused: sale of packaged liquor from metropolitan petrol stations 62
36B. Restrictions on grant or removal of certain licences authorising sale of packaged liquor 63
37. Licences and permits: requirements and conditions 64
37A. Duty to inform Director of conviction 68
37B. Fingerprints of applicants for, and holders of, licences and approvals 68
37C. Register of licensed premises 70
Division 2 — Licences
38. Certain applications to be refused unless in the public interest 70
39. Certificate of local government as to whether premises comply with laws 72
40. Certificate of planning authority as to whether use of premises complies with planning laws 73
41. Hotel licence, kinds, conditions and effect of 74
41A. Effect and conditions of small bar licence 77
41B. Small bar licence may be granted as alternative to tavern restricted licence 77
42. Nightclub licence: effect and conditions 78
43. Nightclub licence, pre-requisites for grant of 79
44. Casino liquor licence: effect and conditions 79
45. Casino liquor licence, pre-requisites for grant of 80
46. Special facility licence, pre-requisites for grant of 81
46A. Special facility licence, restrictions on varying 83
46B. Alternatives to granting or varying special facility licences 83
47. Liquor store licence, effect of 84
48. Club licence, kinds, conditions and effect of 85
49. Club licence: requirements 89
50. Restaurant licence, effect and conditions of 90
50A. Issue of extended trading permit under s. 60(4)(ca) for certain restaurant licences at time of grant 92
51. Unlicensed restaurants: offences 92
52. Extended trading permit authorising liquor ancillary to meals 93
53. Restaurant licence and extended trading permit, effect of may be restricted as to selling liquor with meals 94
55. Producer’s licence: effect 95
56. Presumption of production of liquor 96
57. Producer’s licence, pre-requisites for grant of 97
58. Wholesaler’s licence: effect and conditions 98
59. Occasional licence: effect, conditions and requirements 99
59A. Additional authorisations relating to supply and sale of liquor on licensed premises 102
Division 4 — Permits
60. Extended trading permits: purposes, effect and conditions 103
61. Extended trading permit for extended area (s. 60(4)(h)), pre‑requisites for grant of 108
61A. Extended trading permit for sale of liquor (s. 60(4)(ia)) 109
Division 5 — Conditional grants or approvals
62. Conditional grants or removal of licences: uncompleted premises 111
62A. Conditional grants or removal of licenses: pending local government or planning authority certificates 114
62B. Conditional approval: satisfaction of matters under s. 77(5) 114
Division 6 — Conditions, generally
63. Limit on power to vary or cancel certain terms and conditions 115
64. Imposing, varying and cancelling conditions 116
65. Conditions relating to sale and delivery of packaged liquor or liquor for consumption off licensed premises 121
65A. Petrol station not to be established on premises from which packaged liquor is sold 123
65B. Promoting liquor, regulations may prescribe conditions about 124
Division 7 — Applications
66. Plans and specifications of premises, requirements as to 124
67. Advertisement of applications 125
68. Form, manner, notice and public inspection of applications 125
69. Advertising, referring, investigating and intervening in applications 127
70. Club licence applications, intervening in 132
72. Owner etc. of premises, when consent of required; right of owner, lessee etc. to object 132
72A. Submissions generally 133
73. Objecting to applications, general right and rules as to 134
74. Objecting to applications, grounds for etc. 136
75. Occasional licence, applications for 138
76. Extended trading permit, applications for 138
77. No alteration of licensed premises without approval; application for approvals of alterations or redefinition of premises 139
77A. Restrictions on alteration or redefinition of certain packaged liquor premises 142