Liquor Control (Woolah Restricted Area) Regulations 2017 (WA)

Western Australia

Liquor Control Act 1988

Liquor Control (Woolah Restricted Area) Regulations 2017

Western Australia

Liquor Control (Woolah Restricted Area) Regulations 2017 Contents Liquor Control Act 1988

Liquor Control Act 1988

Liquor Control (Woolah Restricted Area) Regulations 2017

1.Citation

These regulations are the Liquor Control (Woolah Restricted Area) Regulations 2017.

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 19 August 2017.

3.Terms used

Woolah Aboriginal Community means the area of land comprising Lot 815 on Deposited Plan 219580, other than the area indicated in the Woolah Layout Plan settlement layout lots 53 and 72;

Woolah Layout Plan means an Aboriginal settlement plan of that name developed under a State planning policy (as defined in the Planning and Development Act 2005 section 4(1)).

[Regulation 3 inserted: SL 2024/157 r. 9.]

[4. Deleted: SL 2020/62 r. 23.]

5.Declaration of restricted area

The Woolah 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 Woolah 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 Woolah 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 the Woolah Aboriginal Community

• (1)

  A person commits an offence if the person —

  • (a)

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

  • (b)

    has liquor in their possession in the Woolah 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.

9.Period during which these regulations have effect

Unless sooner repealed, these regulations have effect for the period that ends at the close of 19 August 2026.

[Regulation 9 inserted: SL 2020/62 r. 24; amended: SL 2023/78 r. 12; SL 2024/157 r. 10; SL 2025/143 r. 10.]

Notes

This is a compilation of the Liquor Control (Woolah Restricted Area) Regulations 2017 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 (Woolah Restricted Area) Regulations 2017 1	18 Aug 2017 p. 4455‑7	r. 1 and 2: 18 Aug 2017 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 19 Aug 2017 (see r. 2(b))
Racing and Gaming Regulations Amendment (Liquor Control) Regulations 2020 Pt. 8	SL 2020/62 22 May 2020	23 May 2020 (see r. 2(b))
Racing and Gaming Regulations Amendment (Liquor Control) Regulations (No. 3) 2023 Pt. 6	SL 2023/78 20 Jun 2023	21 Jun 2023 (see r. 2(b))
Racing and Gaming Regulations Amendment (Liquor Control) Regulations (No. 4) 2024 Pt. 4	SL 2024/157 7 Aug 2024	8 Aug 2024 (see r. 2(b))
Racing and Gaming Regulations Amendment (Liquor Control) Regulations (No. 2) 2025 Pt. 5	SL 2025/143 6 Aug 2025	7 Aug 2025 (see r. 2(b))

Other notes

1         These regulations expire at the close of 19 August 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)

Woolah Aboriginal Community.................................................................................... 3

Woolah Layout Plan........................................................................................................ 3