Liquor Control Amendment Regulations 2021 (WA)

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RACING, GAMING AND LIQUOR

RA301

Liquor Control Act 1988

Liquor Control Amendment Regulations 2021

SL 2021/94

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.   Citation

These regulations amend the Liquor Control Regulations 1989.

These regulations are the Liquor Control Amendment

Regulations 2021.

2.   Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a)	regulations 1 and 2— on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.

3. Regulations amended

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4. Regulation 8G inserted
After regulation 8F insert:

8G.	Exemption from Act in relation to liquor competition (Act s. 6(1)(o))
(1)	In this regulation - judge, in relation to a liquor competition, means a person who has expertise or expert knowledge in relation to the particular kind and type of liquor entered into the competition; liquor competition means a competition which has all of the following characteristics -

(a)	liquor of a particular kind and type is assessed by a judge in a systematic manner against certain criteria (for example, criteria in relation to colour, appearance, aroma and taste);
(b)	after judgment the liquor is allocated a score;
(c)	a prize or acknowledgment is given in relation to liquor entered into the competition;
(d)	the purposes of the competition include to highlight liquor producers whose liquor exhibits the best quality and to provide a forum to educate liquor producers.

(2) The sale or supply of liquor to, and the consumption of
liquor by, a judge who is at least 18 years of age is
exempted from the application of the Act if—

(a)	the judge is not drunk; and
(b)	the judge is judging a liquor competition; and
(c)	the liquor is sold or supplied by way of sample;
and
(d)	the liquor is sold or supplied, and consumed, only for the purposes of the competition.

(3) The sale or supply of liquor to, and the consumption of
liquor by, a person who is at least 18 years of age is
exempted from the application of the Act if—

(a)	the person is not drunk; and
(b)	the person is -

(i)     a liquor producer who entered liquor into a liquor competition; or

(ii)     employed or engaged as a steward for the purposes of a liquor competition;

and

(c) the liquor is sold or supplied by way of sample;
and

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(d) the sale or supply, and consumption, of the
liquor is incidental to the competition.

5. Regulation lOB amended
In regulation 1OB(a):

(a) in subparagraph (ii) delete "30 days; or" and insert:

60 days; or

(b) in subparagraph (iii) delete "60 days;" and insert:

90 days;

6.            Regulation 14AB amended

In regulation 14AB:

(a) in paragraph (a) delete "30 days" and insert:

60 days

(b) in paragraph (b) delete "60 days" and insert:

90 days

7.            Regulation 14AC amended

In regulation 14AC(2):

(a)	in paragraph (a) delete "30 days" and insert:
60 days
(b)	in paragraph (b) delete "60 days" and insert:

90 days

8.            Regulation 18 amended

In regulation 18:

(a) in paragraph (f) delete "regulation 8F." and insert:

regulation 8F;

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(b) after paragraph (f) insert:

(g) to, and the consumption of liquor by, a person

premises on which the sale or supply of liquor from the application of the Act by regulation 8G.

9.            Regulation 27 amended

In regulation 27(4) in the Table delete the item for Liquor

Control (Koongie Park Restricted Area) Regulations 2010.

N. HAGLEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.