LIQUOR (AMENDMENT) ACT.
Act No. 42, 1919.
An Act to extend the period during which licensed and registered premises shall be closed at.six o'clock ; to suspend local option : to reduce the number of publicans' licenses, and to provide for compensation; to submit to a referendum the question of prohibition with compensation, and the question of the hour at which licensed and registered premises shall be closed ; to give effect to such referen- dum ; to limit the duration of agreements providing for an abatement of r e n t ; to amend the Liquor Act, 1912, the Liquor (Local Option) Amendment Act, 1913, the Liquor Referendum Act, 1910, and the Liquor (Amendment) Act, 1910; and for purposes consequent thereon or incidental thereto. [Assented to, 23rd December, 1919.]
BE
| lative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South | BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis |
| Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :— | |
| 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the "L iquor (Amendment) Act, 1 9 1 9 , " and shall be read and con | |
| strued with the Liquor Act, 1 9 1 2 , hereinafter called the Principal Act. |
( 2 ) This Act is divided into Parts, as follows:—
P A R T I . — E X T E N S I O N OF THE P E R I O D OF S I X
O'CLOCK CLOSING OF L I C E N S E D AND R E G I S
T E R E D P R E M I S E S — s . 2 .
P A R T I I . — R E D U C T I O N OF THE N U M B E R OF
PURLJCANS ' L I C E N S E S — s s . 3 - 3 6 .
Preliminary—ss. 3 - 7 .
DIVISION 1 .—Licenses Reduction Board—ss. 8 - 1 9 . ( 1 ) Constitution of the board—s. 8 .
( 2 ) Jurisdiction and procedure of the board—
ss. 9 - 1 9 .
DIVISION 2 . — Compensation—ss. 2 0 - 3 6 .
P A R T I I I . — T H E T A K I N G OF AND G I V I N G E F F E C T TO A R E F E R E N D U M ON THE QUESTION OF P R O HIBITION WITH COMPENSATION AND ON THE QUESTION OF THE H O U R AT WHICH L I C E N S E D
AND R E G I S T E R E D P R E M I S E S SHALL B E CLOSED —ss. 3 7 - 9 3 .
( 1 ) The taking of a rote, by ballot—ss. 3…