Licensing Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1931 (WA)

1931.] Licensing (No. 2). [No. 36.

LICENSING (No. 2).

22° GEO. V., No. XXXVI.

No. 36 of 1931.

AN ACT to amend section forty-three of the Licensing

Act, 1911.

[Assented to 1st December, 1931.]

E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by

and with the advice and consent of the Legislative

Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in

this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of

the same, as follows:—

1. This Act may be cited as the Licensing Act Amendment Short Mk.

Act (No. 2), 1931.

2. Section forty-three of the Licensing Act, 1911 (as re- Amendment of 8.43.

printed with amendments in the 1928 Sessional Volume of the Statutes), is hereby amended by the addition of a subsection, as follows:

(4.) (a) A temporary license may be granted, on the application of ally person approved by the Minister for Agriculture, if in the opinion of the court to which the application is made the granting of such license to the applicant is necessary or desirable for the accommoda- tion of the public who will be in attendance at any sale of stock in the stock saleyards, which are situated at Mid- land Junction and under the control of the sai.d Minister;

Every such license shall authorise the licensee to exercise (on a day appointed for a sale of stock at the said yards) such powers and privileges as are conferred by a publican's general license, in the said yards and any premises appurtenant thereto, subject to such conditions and limitations as may be approved by the court and set fern. in the temporary license;

(b)

A temporary license may be granted under this

subsection to a person who is not the holder of any other

license under this Act;

(c)

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It shall not be necessary for a separate application to be made for each license desired under this subsection, but two or more licenses (not exceeding nine) may be in- cluded in one application, and the court may grant the application wholly or in part; provided that no license which is to be exercised at any time more than five weeks from the date of the application shall be granted under this subsection;

(d)

Before the making of an application under this subsection, at least forty-eight hours' written notice of intention to make such application shall be given to the officer in charge of the police station nearest to the said saleyards; and no other notice shall be necessary;

(e)

References to the court in this subsection extend to the chairman or clerk or any member of the court who has authority under this Act to deal with the application.

(f)