Liquor Control (Kadjina Restricted Area) Regulations 2020
Western Australia
Liquor Control (Kadjina Restricted Area) Regulations 2020
Contents
Part 1 — Preliminary
Citation 1
Commencement 1
Term used: Kadjina Aboriginal Community 1
Part 2 — Restricted area
Declaration of restricted area 2
Notice of restricted area 2
Part 3 — Prohibitions and related provisions
Prohibitions as to liquor in Kadjina Aboriginal Community 3
Seizure and disposal of containers of liquor 3
Part 4 — Period of effect
Period during which these regulations have effect 4
Part 5 — Liquor Control Regulations 1989 amended
Regulations amended 5
Regulation 27 amended 5
Notes
Compilation table 6
Other notes 6
Defined terms
Liquor Control Act 1988
Liquor Control (Kadjina Restricted Area) Regulations 2020
Part 1 — Preliminary
1. Citation
These regulations are the *Liquor Control (Kadjina Restricted Area) Regulations 2020*.
2. Commencement
These regulations come into operation as follows —
(a) regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b) the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.
3. Term used: Kadjina Aboriginal Community
In these regulations —
Kadjina Aboriginal Community means —
(a) the area of land described as Lot 9 on Deposited Plan 238001 and the subject of Certificate of Title LR3011/45; and
(b) the area of land described as Lot 60 on Deposited Plan 238001 and the subject of Certificate of Title LR3011/50.
Part 2 — Restricted area
4. Declaration of restricted area
The Kadjina Aboriginal Community is declared to be a restricted area for the purposes of section 175(1a) of the Act.
5. Notice of restricted area
(1) The Director of Liquor Licensing must take all reasonable steps to cause to be posted, and while the Kadjina Aboriginal Community continues to be a restricted area by operation of regulation 4 to be kept posted, at each place where a customary access route enters the Kadjina Aboriginal Community a notice —
(a) describing the offences set out in regulation 6; and
(b) specifying the penalties for those offences.
(2) A failure to comply with subregulation (1) does not invalidate the declaration in regulation 4.
Part 3 — Prohibitions and related provisions
6. Prohibitions as to liquor in Kadjina Aboriginal Community
(1) A person commits an offence if the person —
(a) brings liquor into, or causes liquor to be brought into, the Kadjina Aboriginal Community; or
(b) possesses liquor in the Kadjina Aboriginal Community.
Penalty for this subregulation:
(a) if subregulation (2) applies — a fine of $5 000;
(b) in any other case — a fine of $2 000.
(2) This subregulation applies to an offence under subregulation (1) committed by a licensee, a manager of licensed premises or a director of a body corporate that holds a licence.
7. Seizure and disposal of containers of liquor
Despite section 155(4) and (5) of the Act, a member of the Police Force may seize and, as soon as is practicable, dispose of any opened or unopened container of liquor suspected on reasonable grounds to be the subject of an offence under regulation 6.
Part 4 — Period of effect
8. Period during which these regulations have effect
Unless sooner repealed, these regulations have effect for the period that ends at the close of 10 October 2035.
[Regulation 8 amended: SL 2025/169 r. 4.]
Part 5 — Liquor Control Regulations 1989 amended
9. Regulations amended
This Part amends the Liquor Control Regulations 1989.
10. Regulation 27 amended
In regulation 27(4) in the Table insert in alphabetical order:
Liquor Control (Kadjina Restricted Area) Regulations 2020 regulation 6(1)
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Notes
This is a compilation of the Liquor Control (Kadjina Restricted Area) Regulations 2020 and includes amendments made by other written laws. For provisions that have come into operation see the compilation table.
Compilation table
Citation
Published
Commencement
Liquor Control (Kadjina Restricted Area) Regulations 2020 1
SL 2020/218 6 Nov 2020
r. 1 and 2: 6 Nov 2020 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 7 Nov 2020 (see r. 2(b))
Liquor Control (Kadjina Restricted Area) Regulations 2025
SL 2025/169 2 Oct 2025
r. 1 and 2: 2 Oct 2025 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 3 Oct 2025 (see r. 2(b))
Other notes
1 These regulations expire at the close of 10 October 2035 (see r. 8).
Defined terms
[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]
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