Licensing Act Amendment Act (No. 3) 1965 (WA)

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LICENSING (No. 3).

No. 80 of 1965.

AN ACT to amend the Licensing Act, 1911-1964.

[Assented to 7th. December, 1965.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, 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 Licensing

Act Amendment Act (No. 3), 1965.

Reprinted in

Vol. 18 of the

Reprinted

Acts,	(2)	In this Act the Licensing Act, 1911-1964, is
approved for

reprint	referred to as the principal Act.
22nd April, amended by Act No. 60

1964, and	(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act
further

of 1964. may be cited as the Licensing Act, 1911-1965.

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2.

Section one hundred and eighty-four of the principal Act is amended by inserting after the word, "and" in line eight of paragraph (k) of subsection (1) the passage, ", except in accordance with a permit granted under section one hundred and eighty-seven A of this Act,".	amended.
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3.

Section one hundred and eighty-seven of the principal Act is amended by adding after the word, "premises", being the last word of subsection (4), the passage, ", or a person under the age of twenty-one years admitted to the club premises in accordance with a permit granted under section one hundred and eighty-seven A of this Act". amended.

4.    The principal Act is amended by adding after IT d id8e7dA.

section one hundred and eighty-seven, the following

section-

187A.(1) The Licensing Court or a member nronyi,V ,°,„11,

thereof may from time to time grant to a club ;Iyierry:flage

a permit in writing, under this section, but :dilated to

no club shall be granted permits under this vglises

section in respect of more than twelve days in certain

in any one calendar year. stances.

(2) A permit granted under this section

(a)

authorises a person who is under the age of twenty-one years and is accom- panied by and is under the control of a member of the club, to be admitted, on an occasion when meals are served to members and during the time specified in the permit, to the portion of the club premises that is specified in the permit, notwithstanding that on such portion of the premises liquor is sold or supplied to, or is consumed by, persons of full age;

(b)

does not authorise the sale or supply of liquor to persons under the age of twenty-one years, or authorise such

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persons to be on any part of the club premises where liquor is sold, supplied, or consumed, other than with a meal;

(c)	may be granted in respect of a single day, or in respect of two or more days within a period of three calendar months; and
(d)	shall specify the name of the club, the date, the period (not extending beyond the hour of eight o'clock in the evening on any day), and the portion of the club premises hi respect of which the rights conferred by the permit may be exercised.

(3) An application for a permit under this section shall be in writing and shall be signed by the secretary of the club and

(a)	shall state the name of the club, the date, the period, and the portion of the club premises in respect of which the permit is sought;
(b)	shall state, in respect of each day for which the permit is sought, whether any, and if so, what charge is proposed to be made for meals, and the number of persons who, in the opinion of the secretary, are likely to be served with meals;
(c)	shall be lodged with the Clerk of the Licensing Court at Perth at least twenty-one days before the day in respect of which the permit is sought, or, where the permit is sought in respect of two or more days within a period of three calendar months, at least twenty-one days before the first of those days.

(4) The Licensing Court or a member thereof

may grant the application subject to such

conditions and restrictions as the Court or a

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member may impose, or may refuse the application; and the decision of the Court or a member on the application is final.

(5) A record of every permit granted under this section shall be kept by the Clerk of the Licensing Court at Perth.

(6) No fee is payable for a permit granted under this section or on an application for such a permit.

(7) In this section

"club" means a registered club the primary

purpose of which is the conducting of

a sport or of two or more sports; and

"member" includes a member of any class of membership mentioned in para- graph (ba) of subsection (1) of section one hundred and eighty-four of this Act, other than a junior member.