Government Railways Act Amendment Act 1970 (WA)

No. 61.] Government Railways. [1970.

GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS.

No. 61 of 1970.

AN ACT to amend the Government Railways

Act, 1904-1967.

[Assented to 5th November, 1970.]

RE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent

of the Legislative Council and the Legislative

Assembly of Western Australia, in this present

Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the

same, as follows:—

Short title

and citation. 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Government

Railways Act Amendment Act, 1970.

Vol. 17 of the

Reprinted	(2) In this Act the Government Railways Act,
Acts.

Approved	1904-1967 is referred to as the principal Act.
for reprint
17th May,

1963 and	(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act
further

amended	may be cited as the Government Railways Act,
by Acts
Nos. 27 of	1904-1970.
1963, 54 of 1965 and 44 of 1967.

1970.] Government Railways. [No. 61.

2.    Section 2 of the principal Act is amended by tonastment

adding, after the interpretation "Goods", an inter- =pre-

pretation as follows—

"Liquor" has the same meaning as it has in

the Liquor Act, 1970; .

3.    Section 23 of the principal Act is amended by tomseigment

substituting for paragraph (25) a paragraph as

follows

(25) Regulating the sale, supply, and consump- tion of liquor in railway refreshment rooms, and on trains, that are under the management or control of the Commission and restricting, to the extent specified in the by-laws, the taking of liquor onto, or the possession of liquor on, any train, or a train specified in the by-laws, that is under such management or control; .

4. Section 64 of the principal Act is repealed and Repeal and re-enact-

re-enacted as follows— e. 64. ment of

64. (1) The Commission may from time to Lease for time, after calling tenders, lease for any period Mereggs.

not exceeding three years, and on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit, any part of the land or buildings of a railway for the sale, subject to the provisions of the Liquor Act, 1970, of liquor pursuant to a railway refresh- ment room licence granted under that Act, the sale of other refreshments, books, or other articles or the use of the walls of any such building, or any part of the rolling stock, for the display of advertisements thereon.

(2) The Commissioner, as the Commission, may sell or supply liquor, or authorise the sale	supply of	Sale and
liquor.
or supply of liquor, in railway refreshment rooms, or on trains, that are under the management or control of the Commission. .