Liquor Control (Looma Restricted Area) Regulations 2011 (WA)

Western Australia

Liquor Control Act 1988

Liquor Control (Looma Restricted Area) Regulations 2011

Western Australia

Liquor Control (Looma Restricted Area) Regulations 2011 Contents Liquor Control Act 1988

Liquor Control Act 1988

Liquor Control (Looma Restricted Area) Regulations 2011

1.Citation

These regulations are the Liquor Control (Looma Restricted Area) Regulations 2011.

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.Term used: Looma Aboriginal Community

In these regulations –

Looma Aboriginal Community means the area of land described as Lot 75 on Deposited Plan 213140 referred to in Certificate of Title Vol 1417 Folio 796 excluding —

• (a)

  the portion south of Crown Reserve 23226; and

• (b)

  the portion subject to Lease No. J509083.

[Regulation 3 amended: SL 2023/26 r. 9.]

[4. Deleted: SL 2020/62 r. 10.]

5.Declaration of restricted area

The Looma Aboriginal Community is declared to be a restricted area for the purposes of section 175(1a) of the Act.

6.Notice of restricted area

• (1)

  The Director of Liquor Licensing must take all reasonable steps to cause to be posted, and while the Looma Aboriginal Community continues to be a restricted area by operation of regulation 4 to be kept posted, at each place where a customary access route enters the Looma Aboriginal Community a notice—

  • (a)

    describing the offences set out in regulation 7; and

  • (b)

    specifying the penalties for those offences.

• (2)

  A failure to comply with subregulation (1) does not invalidate the declaration in regulation 5.

7.Prohibitions as to liquor in Looma Aboriginal Community

• (1)

  In this regulation —

exempt person means the driver of or a passenger in a transiting vehicle;

transiting vehicle means a vehicle that transits the Looma Aboriginal Community on a public road without —

• (a)

  stopping; or

• (b)

  discharging any person or item.

• (2)

  A person, other than an exempt person, who —

  • (a)

    brings liquor into, or causes liquor to be brought into, the Looma Aboriginal Community; or

  • (b)

    has liquor in his or her possession liquor in the Looma Aboriginal Community,

commits an offence.

Penalty:

• (a)

  if subregulation (3) applies — a fine of $5 000;

• (b)

  in any other case — a fine of $2 000.

• (3)

  This subregulation applies to an offence under subregulation (2) committed by a licensee, a manager of licensed premises or a director of a body corporate that holds a licence.

8.Seizure and disposal of containers of liquor

Despite section 155(4) and (5) of the Act, a member of the Police Force may seize and, as soon as is practicable, dispose of any opened or unopened container of liquor suspected on reasonable grounds to be the subject of an offence under regulation 7.

9.Period during which these regulations have effect

Unless sooner repealed, these regulations have effect for the period that ends at the close of 28 May 2029.

[Regulation 9 inserted: SL 2020/62 r. 11; amended: SL 2023/26 r. 10; SL 2024/46 r. 8.]

Notes

This is a compilation of the Liquor Control (Looma Restricted Area) Regulations 2011 and includes amendments made by other written laws. For provisions that have come into operation see the compilation table.

Compilation table

Citation	Published	Commencement
Liquor Control (Looma Restricted Area) Regulations 2011 1	27 May 2011 p. 1929-31	r. 1 and 2: 27 May 2011 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 28 May 2011 (see r. 2(b))
Liquor Control (Looma Restricted Area) Amendment Regulations 2014	23 May 2014 p. 1635-6	r. 1 and 2: 23 May 2014 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 24 May 2014 (see r. 2(b))
Liquor Control (Looma Restricted Area) Amendment Regulations 2017	12 May 2017 p. 2470	r. 1 and 2: 12 May 2017 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 13 May 2017 (see r. 2(b))
Racing and Gaming Regulations Amendment (Liquor Control) Regulations 2020 Pt. 4	SL 2020/62 22 May 2020	23 May 2020 (see r. 2(b))
Racing and Gaming Regulations Amendment (Liquor Control) Regulations 2023 Pt. 4	SL 2023/26 6 Apr 2023	7 Apr 2023 (see r. 2(b))
Racing and Gaming Regulations Amendment (Liquor Control) Regulations (No. 2) 2024 Pt. 4	SL 2024/46 17 Apr 2024	18 Apr 2024 (see r. 2(b))

Other notes

1         These regulations expire at the close of 28 May 2029 (see r. 9).

Defined terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined term Provision(s)

exempt person.............................................................................................................. 7(1)

Looma Aboriginal Community..................................................................................... 3

transiting vehicle......................................................................................................... 7(1)

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