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Liquor Regulation 2002
sec.21Application of part to applications for alteration of licensed premises
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### sec.21 Application of part to applications for alteration of licensed premises
This part applies to an application for an approval, as mentioned in section 154 of the Act , to alter, rebuild, change or increase the area of the licensee’s licensed premises (a specified change ).
The application must be in the approved form and made by—
for a specified change to the licensed premises if the licensee is the owner of the premises—the licensee; or
for a specified change to the licensed premises if the licensee is not the owner of the premises—the owner and the licensee; or
for a specified change to a detached bottle shop—the licensee; or
for a specified change to other premises included in a community club licence—the owner of the other premises and the licensee.
The application must be accompanied by—
a written description of the specified change; and
evidence of the real property description of the land on which the licensed premises are, or are to be, located; and
if the specified change is that an area (the new area ), not part of the licensed premises, is to be included in the licensed premises, evidence, satisfactory to the commissioner, of the licensee’s ownership of, or legal right to occupy, the new area; and
2 copies of a plan of the premises drawn to a scale of 1:100 showing the specified change; and
details of the nature of any entertainment that is, or is to be, provided on the licensed premises; and
the fee prescribed in schedule 1 for the application.
If, after considering the application the commissioner considers there is, or is likely to be, a material change relating to the provision of entertainment on the licensed premises, the commissioner may, by written notice, require the applicant to provide a written assessment of the expected acoustic qualities of the premises.
A written assessment of the expected acoustic qualities of premises must—
be made by a person who has qualifications, training or experience in providing assessments of the acoustic qualities of premises; and
state the person’s qualifications, training or experience.
In this section—
other premises see section 77 (2) of the Act .
s 21 amd 2008 SL No. 418 s 14 ; 2012 SL No. 248 s 18
(sec.21-ssec.1) This part applies to an application for an approval, as mentioned in section 154 of the Act , to alter, rebuild, change or increase the area of the licensee’s licensed premises (a specified change ).
(sec.21-ssec.2) The application must be in the approved form and made by— for a specified change to the licensed premises if the licensee is the owner of the premises—the licensee; or for a specified change to the licensed premises if the licensee is not the owner of the premises—the owner and the licensee; or for a specified change to a detached bottle shop—the licensee; or for a specified change to other premises included in a community club licence—the owner of the other premises and the licensee.
(sec.21-ssec.3) The application must be accompanied by— a written description of the specified change; and evidence of the real property description of the land on which the licensed premises are, or are to be, located; and if the specified change is that an area (the new area ), not part of the licensed premises, is to be included in the licensed premises, evidence, satisfactory to the commissioner, of the licensee’s ownership of, or legal right to occupy, the new area; and 2 copies of a plan of the premises drawn to a scale of 1:100 showing the specified change; and details of the nature of any entertainment that is, or is to be, provided on the licensed premises; and the fee prescribed in schedule 1 for the application.
(sec.21-ssec.4) If, after considering the application the commissioner considers there is, or is likely to be, a material change relating to the provision of entertainment on the licensed premises, the commissioner may, by written notice, require the applicant to provide a written assessment of the expected acoustic qualities of the premises.
(sec.21-ssec.5) A written assessment of the expected acoustic qualities of premises must— be made by a person who has qualifications, training or experience in providing assessments of the acoustic qualities of premises; and state the person’s qualifications, training or experience.
(sec.21-ssec.6) In this section— other premises see section 77 (2) of the Act .
- (a) for a specified change to the licensed premises if the licensee is the owner of the premises—the licensee; or
- (b) for a specified change to the licensed premises if the licensee is not the owner of the premises—the owner and the licensee; or
- (c) for a specified change to a detached bottle shop—the licensee; or
- (d) for a specified change to other premises included in a community club licence—the owner of the other premises and the licensee.
- (a) a written description of the specified change; and
- (b) evidence of the real property description of the land on which the licensed premises are, or are to be, located; and
- (c) if the specified change is that an area (the new area ), not part of the licensed premises, is to be included in the licensed premises, evidence, satisfactory to the commissioner, of the licensee’s ownership of, or legal right to occupy, the new area; and
- (d) 2 copies of a plan of the premises drawn to a scale of 1:100 showing the specified change; and
- (e) details of the nature of any entertainment that is, or is to be, provided on the licensed premises; and
- (f) the fee prescribed in schedule 1 for the application.
- (a) be made by a person who has qualifications, training or experience in providing assessments of the acoustic qualities of premises; and
- (b) state the person’s qualifications, training or experience.