115AExemption relating to certain treatments for misuse or abuse of liquor

115A Exemption relating to certain treatments for misuse or abuse of liquor

115A Exemption relating to certain treatments for misuse or abuse of liquor

(1) The provisions of the Act relating to the sale or supply of liquor do not apply to a trial managed alcohol program that is—

(a) operated by St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney Limited, ACN 054 038 872 (St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney), and

(b) carried out at one or more of the following premises (the approved premises)—

(i) the Matthew Talbot Hostel at 22 Talbot Place, Woolloomooloo,

(ii) other premises nominated by St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney and approved in writing by the Authority.

(2) The Authority may require St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney to provide information or documents that the Authority considers necessary for its proper consideration of premises nominated under subclause (1)(b)(ii).

(3) In this clause—

medical care provider means a person who is a—

(a) medical practitioner, or

(b) pharmacist, or

(c) registered nurse, or

(d) nurse practitioner.

trial managed alcohol program means a program that—

(a) provides medical care to an adult to prevent or minimise harm associated with the adult’s misuse or abuse of alcohol, and

(b) requires the preparation of an alcohol management plan for each adult participating in the program, and

(c) permits a medical care provider, or a person under the direction or supervision of a medical care provider, to supply liquor to an adult in accordance with the adult’s alcohol management plan, and

(d) requires the liquor supplied to the adult to be consumed—

(i) on the approved premises, and

(ii) in accordance with the adult’s alcohol management plan.

(4) This clause is repealed on 1 June 2026.

cl 115A: Ins 2020 (610), Sch 1[18].