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Liquor Control (Wangkatjungka Restricted Area) Regulations 2008
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Liquor Control Act 1988
Liquor Control (Wangkatjungka Restricted Area) Regulations 2008
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Liquor Control (Wangkatjungka Restricted Area) Regulations 2008
Contents
Citation 1
Commencement 1
Meaning of “Wangkatjungka Aboriginal Community” in these regulations 1
Declaration of restricted area 2
Notice of restricted area 2
Prohibitions as to liquor in Wangkatjungka Aboriginal Community 2
Seizure and disposal of containers of liquor 3
Period during which these regulations have effect 3
Notes
Compilation table 4
Other notes 5
Defined terms
Western Australia
Liquor Control Act 1988
Liquor Control (Wangkatjungka Restricted Area) Regulations 2008
These regulations are the *Liquor Control (Wangkatjungka Restricted Area) Regulations 2008*.
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.
In these regulations —
Wangkatjungka Aboriginal Community means the area of the land the subject of —
(a) Crown Reserve 35196 (Lot 11 on Deposited Plan 182543 and Lot 99 on Deposited Plan 194196); and
(b) Crown Reserve 26889 (Lot 6 on Deposited Plan 168953, Lot 10 on Deposited Plan 173215 and Lot 44 on Deposited Plan 189358).
[Regulation 3 amended: SL 2023/26 r. 14.]
[4. Deleted: SL 2022/38 r. 7.]
The Wangkatjungka Aboriginal Community is declared to be a restricted area for the purposes of section 175(1a) of the Act.
(1) The Director of Liquor Licensing must take all reasonable steps to cause to be posted, and while the Wangkatjungka Aboriginal Community continues to be a restricted area by operation of regulation 5 to be kept posted, at each place where a customary access route enters the Wangkatjungka Aboriginal Community a notice —
(a) describing the offences set out in regulation 7; and
(b) specifying the penalties for those offences.
(2) A failure to comply with subregulation (1) does not invalidate the declaration in regulation 5.
(1) A person who —
(a) brings liquor into, or causes liquor to be brought into, the Wangkatjungka Aboriginal Community; or
(b) has liquor in his or her possession in the Wangkatjungka Aboriginal Community,
commits an offence.
Penalty:
(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.
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 7.
Unless sooner repealed, these regulations have effect for the period that ends at the close of 22 April 2026.
[Regulation 9 amended: Gazette 21 Apr 2009 p. 1370; 20 Apr 2010 p. 1513; 19 Apr 2013 p. 1569; 4 Mar 2016 p. 629; 22 Mar 2019 p. 860; SL 2022/38 r. 8; SL 2023/26 r. 15; SL 2024/13 r. 6; SL 2025/54 r. 8.]
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Notes
This is a compilation of the Liquor Control (Wangkatjungka Restricted Area) Regulations 2008 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 (Wangkatjungka Restricted Area) Regulations 2008 1 | 22 Apr 2008 p. 1553‑5 | r. 1 and 2: 22 Apr 2008 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 23 Apr 2008 (see r. 2(b)) |
| Liquor Control (Wangkatjungka Restricted Area) Amendment Regulations 2009 | 21 Apr 2009 p. 1370 | r. 1 and 2: 21 Apr 2009 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 22 Apr 2009 (see r. 2(b)) |
| Liquor Control (Wangkatjungka Restricted Area) Amendment Regulations 2010 | 20 Apr 2010 p. 1512‑13 | r. 1 and 2: 20 Apr 2010 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 21 Apr 2010 (see r. 2(b)) |
| Liquor Control (Wangkatjungka Restricted Area) Amendment Regulations 2013 | 19 Apr 2013 p. 1569 | r. 1 and 2: 19 Apr 2013 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 20 Apr 2013 (see r. 2(b)) |
| Liquor Control (Wangkatjungka Restricted Area) Amendment Regulations 2016 | 4 Mar 2016 p. 629 | r. 1 and 2: 4 Mar 2016 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 5 Mar 2016 (see r. 2(b)) |
| Racing and Gaming Regulations Amendment (Liquor Control) Regulations 2019 Pt. 3 | 22 Mar 2019 p. 859‑60 | 23 Mar 2019 (see r. 2(b)) |
| Racing and Gaming Regulations Amendment (Liquor Control) Regulations 2022 Pt. 3 | SL 2022/38 25 Mar 2022 | 26 Mar 2022 (see r. 2(b)) |
| Racing and Gaming Regulations Amendment (Liquor Control) Regulations 2023 Pt. 6 | SL 2023/26 6 Apr 2023 | 7 Apr 2023 (see r. 2(b)) |
| Racing and Gaming Regulations Amendment (Liquor Control) Regulations 2024 Pt. 3 | SL 2024/13 21 Feb 2024 | 22 Feb 2024 (see r. 2(b)) |
| Racing and Gaming Regulations Amendment (Liquor Control) Regulations 2025 Pt. 4 | SL 2025/54 16 Apr 2025 | 17 Apr 2025 (see r. 2(b)) |
Other notes
1 These regulations expire 22 April 2026 (see r. 9).
Defined terms
[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]
Defined term Provision(s)
Wangkatjungka Aboriginal Community 3
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