Liquor Regulation 2018
53Minors prohibited in small bars during certain hours
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53 Minors prohibited in small bars during certain hours
53 Minors prohibited in small bars during certain hours
(1) A licensee of a small bar who has been granted a minors authorisation must, in accordance with this clause, display a notice on the licensed premises that contains information about the times minors—
(a) are permitted on the premises in the company of a responsible adult, and
(b) are permitted on the premises without being in the company of a responsible adult, and
(c) are not permitted on the premises.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(2) A licensee of a small bar that regularly provides meals and that has not been granted a minors authorisation must, in accordance with this clause, display a notice on the licensed premises which contains information about—
(a) the times minors are permitted on the premises in the company of a responsible adult, and
(b) the times minors are not permitted on the premises.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(3) The licensee of any of the following small bars must, in accordance with this clause, display a notice on the licensed premises which informs persons at the premises that minors are not permitted on the premises during liquor trading hours—
(a) a small bar that the Authority has declared off-limits to minors,
(b) a small bar that does not regularly provide meals in accordance with the Act or does not have a minors authorisation,
(c) a small bar that does regularly provide meals in accordance with the Act but does not wish to allow minors in the company of a responsible adult on the premises.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(4) The notice must be in the form approved by the Secretary and published on a website maintained by Liquor & Gaming NSW.
(5) The notice must—
(a) be clearly legible and in good condition, and
(b) be displayed in a manner and in a place that a person entering the licensed premises would reasonably be expected to be alerted to its contents.
cl 53: Am 2018 (781), Sch 1 [6]; 2020 No 30, Sch 3.26[3]. Subst 2020 No 40, Sch 4.2[13]. Am 2022 No 59, Sch 3.40[2].