Liquor Control (Parnpajinya Restricted Area) Regulations 2020 (WA)

Western Australia

Liquor Control Act 1988

Liquor Control (Parnpajinya Restricted Area) Regulations 2020

These regulations expired at the close of 4 July 2025 (see r. 8).

Western Australia

Liquor Control (Parnpajinya Restricted Area) Regulations 2020 Contents Liquor Control Act 1988

Liquor Control Act 1988

Liquor Control (Parnpajinya Restricted Area) Regulations 2020

Part 1 – Preliminary1.Citation

These regulations are the Liquor Control (Parnpajinya Restricted Area) Regulations 2020.

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: Parnpajinya Aboriginal Community

In these regulations —

Parnpajinya Aboriginal Community means —

• (a)

  the area of land described as Reserve 42835 being Lot 228 on Deposited Plan 038162 and being the whole of the land in Record of Qualified Certificate of Crown Land Title Volume LR3133 Folio 736; and

• (b)

  the land that is within 100 metres of the outer boundary of the area of land described in paragraph (a).

Part 2 – Restricted area4.Declaration of restricted area

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

5.Notice of restricted area

• (1)

  The Director of Liquor Licensing must take all reasonable steps to cause to be posted, and while the Parnpajinya 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 Parnpajinya Aboriginal Community a notice —

  • (a)

    describing the offences set out in regulation 6; and

  • (b)

    specifying the penalties for those offences.

• (2)

  A failure to comply with subregulation (1) does not invalidate the declaration in regulation 4.

Part 3 – Prohibitions and related provisions6.Prohibitions as to liquor in the Parnpajinya Aboriginal Community

• (1)

  A person commits an offence if the person —

  • (a)

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

  • (b)

    possesses liquor in the Parnpajinya Aboriginal Community.

Penalty for this subregulation:

• (a)

  if subregulation (2) applies — a fine of $5 000;

• (b)

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

• (2)

  This subregulation applies to an offence under subregulation (1) committed by a licensee, a manager of licensed premises or a director of a body corporate that holds a licence.

7.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 6.

Part 4 – Period of effect8.Period during which these regulations have effect

Unless sooner repealed, these regulations have effect for the period that ends at the close of 4 July 2025.

Part 5 – Liquor Control Regulations 1989 amended9.Regulations amended

This Part amends the Liquor Control Regulations 1989.

10.Regulation 27 amended

In regulation 27(4) in the Table insert in alphabetical order:

Liquor Control (Parnpajinya Restricted Area) Regulations 2020 regulation 6(1)

Notes

This is a compilation of the Liquor Control (Parnpajinya Restricted Area) Regulations 2020. For provisions that have come into operation see the compilation table.

Compilation table

Citation	Published	Commencement
Liquor Control (Parnpajinya Restricted Area) Regulations 2020	SL 2020/81 19 Jun 2020	r. 1 and 2: 19 Jun 2020 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 20 Jun 2020 (see r 2(b))
These regulations expired at the close of 4 July 2025 (see r. 8)

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)

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