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LIQUOR LICENSING (REGULATED PREMISES) AMENDMENT BILL
Adjourned debate on second reading.
The Hon. M.J. ELLIOTT: The Democrats support the bill. Three minor and uncontentious changes are proposed to the Liquor Licensing Act: the first applies to the principal act in that liquor must not be consumed in regulated premises unless licensed (section 129), and `regulated premises' are defined to include a public conveyance (section 4). Of course, section 4 also defines `public conveyance' as a hire vehicle. Therefore, when one travels in a hire vehicle one cannot drink. This amendment seeks to address that unintended consequence of previous changes to the legislation. The second minor change to section 4 relates to any regulated premises to which one must pay an entry fee.
This could include Belair National Park, which is not intended and so the definition is to be changed by the bill. What is to be caught is an event which one pays to attend rather than a public place at which the event is to be held. Regulations further allow any place to be exempted from the definition.
Finally, a limited licence is available for one-off occasions or a series of occasions. The sale or supply of alcohol is authorised under section 41. However, that section does not authorise patrons to take their own alcohol to these events and has never allowed that. The Democrats have no problems with those amendments and support the bill.
