Liquor Act Amendment Act of 1914 (5 Geo v No. 21) (Qld)

6250 LIQUOR. L1:quor Act Amendment Act. 5 GEO. V. ~o. 21, LIQUOR. 53:'°21:' An Act to Amend" The Liquor Act of 1912" in THE LIQUOR ACT certain particulars. AU.I£NDMEN'r AfJTOFI914. [ASSgNTED '1'0 24'fH KOVEMBER;1914.1 B E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advIce and consent of the Legis- lative Council and Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- . I S a C n hlO d onrsttrtuitclteion. Act o 1 f . 1T9h1i2s," A* chtersehianllcableledretahde aPsrionnceipawliAthct " , T a h nd e m Li a q y u b o e r cited together with this Act as "The Liquor Acts, 1912-1914," or separately as " The Liquor Act Amendment Act of 1914." Amendment 2. In the definition of "Australian Wine" in section of 8. 4. four of the Principal Act, the word "thirty-two" is repealed, and the word " forty" is inserted in lieu thereof. Amendment 3. The following proviso is added to subsection of 8.14. four of section fourteen of the Principal Act : - _ Provided that, when an owner of licensed premises has been registered as such and has paid the prescribed fee, no further fee shall be payable by him in respect of any annual registration or renewal of registration so long as no change takes place in the ownership of such premises. Amendment 4. In paragraph (i.) of subsection one of section of B. 20. twenty of the Principal Act, before the word "licenses" the words "licensed victuallers' and wine-seHers'" are inserted. Amendment 5. The following provision is added to SUbsection one Gf 8.22. of section twenty-two of the Principal Act :-" (vii.) Any person under the age of twenty-one years. .Amendment 6. In paragraph (c) of section twenty-three of the of s. 23. PrincipaJ. Act, before the word "Contain" the words "'Where the premises are newly licensed after the com- mencement of this Act" are inserted. * 3 Geo. V. No. 29, 8upra, page 5527.

LIQUOH. 6251 HH4. Liquor Act Amendment Act. 7. In paragraph (c) of section twenty-five. of the AIllCn~ llent Principal Act, before the word "Contain" the words of 8. 2", " Where the premises are newly licensed after the com- mencement of this Act" are inserted. 8. In subsection three of section thirty-one of the Amendment Principal Act, the word" made" is repealed, and the word of s. 31. " granted" is inserted in lieu thereof. . ~ . In paragraph (b) of section thirty-five of the " ~ Ille? ~ ment .PrInCipal Act, before the word" Neglects" the words" If 0 s.30. the licensee" are inserted. 10. In section thirty-six of the Principal Act, after the Amendment words "transferred to such" the words "owner or" are of s. 36. inserted. 11. The following provision is added to subsection Amendment five of section forty-one of the Principal Act :_ of s. 41. Provided further that, in cases where it is not reasonably practicable to have a transfer made from a licensed vessel to another vessel before the latter vessel proceeds on her voyage or passage, the licensing court, upon application made to it at any time, may issue in respect of the latter vessel an authority limited to such time as will permit of an application being made for such transfer; and such authority shall during its duration have the effect of a packet license. At the beginning of subsection eight of the said section, the words "Save as is herein expressly excepted" are inserted. The following provision is added to paragraph (d) of the said subsedion :-- " Provided that this prohibition shall not apply to any vessel during the actual passage thereof from any port within Queensland to any other port within Queensland." 12. The following provision is added to section Amendment sixty-five of the Principal Act :- of s. 65. (5.) Notwithstanding anything in this section con- tained, any person who has let on hire or sold on a hire purchase agreement to any other person and delivered possession to him of a billiard or bagatelle table may register himself with the clerk of petty sessions of the distrjct as the owner of such billiard or bagatelle table by making application in prescribed form and furnishing

fj252 LIQUOR. Liquor Act Amendment Act. 5 GEO. V. No. 21, particulars of the nature of his ownership and of the letting or agreement; thereupon, so long as such registered owner continues to have any property or interest in such billiard or bagatelle table, the same shall not be liable to forfeiture under this section if such owner proves to the satisfaction of the Court that the offence on conviction of which such forfeiture might be incurred was committed without any knowledge or connivance or neglect on his part. o A f m s. en 71 d . ment seven 1 t 3 y . -oInne tohfethlaesPt rpianrcaigpraalpAhcot, f tshuebwseocrtidosn" osnuechofpseercstoionn"· are repealed, and the words " either of such persons" are inserted in lieu thereof. Amendment ]4. In section seventy-three of the Principal Act, the of s. 73. words "for any purpose prohibited by this Act" are repealed. The following provision is added to the said sec- tion ~ - This section does not apply to any members of the family or employees of the licensee who are under the age of twenty-one years. 15. After section seventy-three of the Principal Act, the following section is inserted : - Nopers?n to [73A.] Any person who in any place not being ~ ~ ~ f~ ol~ : uor licensed premises, but on a highway or place adjacent to licensed premises, supplies or causes or permits to be supplied any liquor to any person apparently under the age o~ twenty-one years shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding three pounds. o A f m ~ . en 8 d 1. ment Princ 1 ip 6 a . l InAcstu,bsbeecfotiroen thtwe owoofrdssec ~ ti ' o a n ny eidgahyty"-otnhee owf otrhdes "during polling-hours on" are inserted. The following further proviso is added to the said subsection two :- Provided further that liquor may be served to any bona fide traveller on the licensed premises, except in the bar, on Sunday, Good Friday, Christmas Day, or polling- day, with a meal between the hours of half-past twelve and half-past two o'clock in the afternoon, if he satisfies the licensee of the premises that he intends to lodge at the premises on the night of the day of his arrival thereat.

LIQUOR. fi253 1914. Liquor Act Amendment Act. But no· pers~m shall be deemed. to be a bona fide traveller unless the place where he lodged during the preceding night is at least twenty miles distant from the licensed premises, and he has travelled at least twenty mil~ s within the twenty-four hours immediately preceding his arrival at the licensed premises; such distance to be calculated in each case by the shortest practicable route along or over any public highway or railway or across any arm of the sea, river, stream, or creek. Any person who, having been served with liquor by falsely representing himself to be a bona fide traveller, is found consuming liquor on the licensed premises or leav- ing the same with liquor in his possession at any time prohibited by this Act shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds nor less than twenty pounds. In subsection three of the said section, after the words " section, and" the words " sa ve as permitted by subsection two hereof" are inserted. 17. In paragraph (b) of subsection one of section Amendment one hundred and forty-seven of the Principal Act, beforeofs.147. the words "on any day" the words" during polling-hours" are inserted. 18. In the iast paragraph of section one hundred and \menqment fifty-six of the Principal Act, the words" any such person of s. IDS. as last aforesaid" are repealed, and the words "the offender" are inserted in lieu thereof. 19. (1.) In subsection one of section one hundred and Amendment sixty-four of the Principal Act, the words" one thousand of s. 164. nine hundred and fifteen" are repealed and the words " one thousand nine hundred and sixteen" are inserted in lieu thereof. In paragraph (i.) and paragraph (vi.), subsection two of the said section, the words "or one thousand nine hundred and fifteen" are repealed, and the words "one thousand nine hundred and fifteen or one thousand nine hundred and sixteen" are inserted in lieu thereof. In paragraph (ix.) of the said subsection the words "one thousand nine hundred and fifteen" are repealed, and the words" one> thousand nine hundred and sixteen" are inserted in lieu thereof. (2.) In section one hundred and sixty-five of the Amendment Principal Act" the words " one .thousand nine hundred of s. 165. and fifteen" are repealed, and the words "one thousand nine hundred and sixteen" are inserted in lien thereof.

6254 LIQUOR Liquor Act Amendllltllt Act. ;) GEO. Y. No: 21,1914. Amendment (3.) In subsection one of section one hundred and of s. 166. sixty-six of the Principal Act, the words" one thousand nine hundred and sixteen" are repealed, and the words "one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, or if no Senate election is held in that year before the thirtieth day of September of that year, then on a day to be appointed by the Governor in Council by notification in the Gazette" are inserted in lieu thereof. In subsections one, two, and three of the said section the words "one thousand nine hundred and fifteen" wherever they occur are repealed, and the words "one thousand nine hundred and sixteen" are inserted in lieu thereof. Amendment. (4.) At the beginning of subsection one of section one of s. 172. hundred and seventy-two of the Principal Act, the words "Save as is hereinbefore provided in the event' of there being no Senate election before the thirtieth day of September in the year one thousand nine hundred and seventeen" are inserted. Amendmfnt (5.) The follmving words are added to paragraph (a) of B. 189. of section one hundred and eighty-nine of the Principal Act :-" Provided that, if a local option vote in the year one thousand nine hundred and seventeen is not taken at the Senate election, the polling-places for the local option vote shall be appointed by the Governor in Council by notification in the Gazette." Amendment 20. In subsection two of section one hundred and of s. 184. eighty-four of the Principal Act, the words" such member or person as aforesaid, the licensee of such premises and every person who wilfully refuses or delays such admit- tance" are repealed, and the words "the person consti- tuting the court or other person as aforesaid, the licensee and also every person who contravenes this section" are inserted in lieu thereof. Amendment 21. The following words are added to paragraph (a) of 8. 189. of section one hundred and eighty-nine of the Principal Act :-" and at such other polling-places within such area as may be appointed for the purposes of such vote by the Minister by notification in the Gazette; and the returning officer may and shall appoint all such presiding officers, poll clerks, and other officers as are required for taking the vote at such last-mentioned polling-places." - - - - - _ .. _-_._.