Liquor Control (Parnngurr Restricted Area) Regulations 2018
Western Australia
Liquor Control (Parnngurr Restricted Area) Regulations 2018
Contents
Part 1 — Preliminary
Citation 1
Commencement 1
Terms used 1
Exempt person 2
Part 2 — Restricted area
Declaration of restricted area 3
Notice of restricted area 3
Part 3 — Prohibitions and related provisions
Prohibitions as to liquor in the Parnngurr Aboriginal Community 4
Exception to r. 8 4
Seizure and disposal of containers of liquor 4
Part 4 — Period of effect
Period during which these regulations have effect 5
Part 5 — Liquor Control Regulations 1989 amended
Regulations amended 6
Regulation 27 amended 6
Notes
Compilation table 7
Other notes 7
Defined terms
Liquor Control Act 1988
Liquor Control (Parnngurr Restricted Area) Regulations 2018
Part 1 — Preliminary
1. Citation
These regulations are the *Liquor Control (Parnngurr Restricted Area) Regulations 2018*.
2. Commencement
These regulations come into operation as follows —
(a) Part 1 — 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. Terms used
In these regulations —
exempt person has the meaning given in regulation 4;
Parnngurr Aboriginal Community means the area of land within a radius of 30 km of the telecommunications aerial located at the point with the following Geocentric Datum of Australia 2020 (GDA2020) coordinates —
(a) 22.817097°S;
(b) 122.597667°E.
[Regulation 3 amended: SL 2021/209 r. 4.]
4. Exempt person
For the purposes of these regulations, a person is an exempt person if the person is —
(a) staying at a place that is at least 50 km from their usual place of residence for a period of at least 1 night; and
(b) intending to stay away from their usual place of residence for a period of less than 12 months; and
(c) not in the course of travelling on a regular journey between their usual place of residence or their place of work or education; and
(d) travelling in the course of a holiday, or to visit friends or relatives, or for leisure, business or any other reason; and
(e) not usually a resident in a restricted area declared under section 175(1a) of the Act.
[5. Deleted: SL2021/113 r. 4.]
Part 2 — Restricted area
6. Declaration of restricted area
The Parnngurr Aboriginal Community is declared to be a restricted area for the purposes of section 175(1a) of the Act.
7. Notice of restricted area
(1) The Director of Liquor Licensing must take all reasonable steps to cause to be posted, and while the Parnngurr Aboriginal Community continues to be a restricted area by operation of regulation 6 to be kept posted, at each place where a customary access route enters the Parnngurr Aboriginal Community a notice —
(a) describing the offences set out in regulation 8; and
(b) specifying the penalties for those offences.
(2) A failure to comply with subregulation (1) does not invalidate the declaration in regulation 6.
Part 3 — Prohibitions and related provisions
8. Prohibitions as to liquor in the Parnngurr Aboriginal Community
(1) Subject to regulation 9, a person commits an offence if the person —
(a) brings liquor into, or causes liquor to be brought into, the Parnngurr Aboriginal Community; or
(b) possesses liquor in the Parnngurr 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.
9. Exception to r. 8
A person who is an exempt person does not commit an offence under regulation 8(1) if the person continuously maintains possession of, but does not consume, the liquor.
10. 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 8.
Part 4 — Period of effect
11. Period during which these regulations have effect
Unless sooner repealed, these regulations have effect for the period that ends at the close of 7 January 2035.
[Regulation 11 inserted: SL 2021/113 r. 5; amended: SL 2021/209 r. 5; SL 2024/273 r. 6.]
Part 5 — Liquor Control Regulations 1989 amended
12. Regulations amended
This Part amends the Liquor Control Regulations 1989.
13. Regulation 27 amended
In regulation 27(4) in the Table insert in alphabetical order:
Liquor Control (Parnngurr Restricted Area) Regulations 2018 regulation 8(1)
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Notes
This is a compilation of the Liquor Control (Parnngurr Restricted Area) Regulations 2018 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 (Parnngurr Restricted Area) Regulations 2018 1
6 Jul 2018 p. 2546‑8
r. 1 and 2: 6 Jul 2018 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 7 Jul 2018 (see r. 2(b))
Liquor Control (Parnngurr Restricted Area) Amendment Regulations 2021
SL 2021/113 2 Jul 2021
r. 1 and 2: 2 Jul 2021 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 3 Jul 2021 (see r. 2(b))
Liquor Control (Parnngurr Restricted Area) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2021
SL 2021/209 17 Dec 2021
r. 1 and 2: 17 Dec 2021 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 18 Dec 2021 (see r. 2(b))
Racing and Gaming Regulations Amendment (Liquor Control) Regulations (No. 5) 2024 Pt. 3
SL 2024/273 18 Dec 2024
19 Dec 2024 (see r. 2(b))
Other notes
1 These regulations expire at the close of 7 Jan 2035 (see r. 11).
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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