Liquor Control (Wakathuni Restricted Area) Regulations 2019 (WA)

Western Australia

Liquor Control Act 1988

Liquor Control (Wakathuni Restricted Area) Regulations 2019

Western Australia

Liquor Control (Wakathuni Restricted Area) Regulations 2019 Contents Liquor Control Act 1988

Liquor Control Act 1988

Liquor Control (Wakathuni Restricted Area) Regulations 2019

Part 1 – Preliminary1.Citation

These regulations are the Liquor Control (Wakathuni Restricted Area) Regulations 2019.

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.Terms used

In these regulations —

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

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

• (a)

  stopping; or

• (b)

  discharging any person or item;

Wakathuni Aboriginal Community means the land lying within a radius of 5 km measured from the centre of the Wakathuni basketball court located at the point with the following Geocentric Datum of Australia 2020 (GDA2020) coordinates —

• (a)

  22.86676975° S;

• (b)

  117.8328378° E.

[Regulation 3 amended: SL 2024/109 r. 10.]

[4. Deleted: SL 2022/63 r. 7.]

Part 2 – Restricted area5.Declaration of restricted area

The Wakathuni 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 Wakathuni Aboriginal Community continues to be a restricted area by operation of regulation 5 to be kept posted, at each place where a customary access route enters the Wakathuni 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.

Part 3 – Prohibitions and related provisions7.Prohibitions as to liquor in the Wakathuni Aboriginal Community

• (1)

  A person, other than an exempt person, commits an offence if the person —

  • (a)

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

  • (b)

    possesses liquor in the Wakathuni 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.

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.

Part 4 – Period of effect9.Period during which these regulations have effect

Unless sooner repealed, these regulations have effect for the period that ends at the close of 30 June 2026.

[Regulation 9 amended: SL 2022/63 r. 8; SL 2023/78 r. 10; SL 2024/109 r. 11; SL 2025/106 r. 4.]

Part 5 – Liquor Control Regulations 1989 amended10.Regulations amended

This Part amends the Liquor Control Regulations 1989.

11.Regulation 27 amended

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

Liquor Control (Wakathuni Restricted Area) Regulations 2018 regulation 7(1)

Notes

This is a compilation of the Liquor Control (Wakathuni Restricted Area) Regulations 2019 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 (Wakathuni Restricted Area) Regulations 2019 1	14 Jun 2019 p. 1898‑900	r. 1 and 2: 14 Jun 2019 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 15 Jun 2019 (see r. 2(b))
Racing and Gaming Regulations Amendment (Liquor Control) Regulations (No. 2) 2022 Pt. 3	SL 2022/63 3 Jun 2022	4 Jun 2022 (see r. 2(b))
Racing and Gaming Regulations Amendment (Liquor Control) Regulations (No. 3) 2023 Pt. 5	SL 2023/78 20 Jun 2023	21 Jun 2023 (see r. 2(b))
Racing and Gaming Regulations Amendment (Liquor Control) Regulations (No. 3) 2024 Pt. 4	SL 2024/109 26 Jun 2024	27 Jun 2024 (see r. 2(b))
Liquor Control (Wakathuni Restricted Area) Amendment Regulations 2025	SL 2025/106 25 Jun 2025	r. 1 and 2: 25 Jun 2025 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 26 Jun 2025 (see r. 2(b))

Other notes

1         These regulations expire at the close of 30 Jun 2026 (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................................................................................................................... 3

transiting vehicle.............................................................................................................. 3

Wakathuni Aboriginal Community.............................................................................. 3