The Railway Refreshment rooms Act 1887 (SA)

ANNO QUINQUAGESIMO ET QUINQUAGESIMO

PRIM0

VICTORIB REGINB.

A.D. 1887.

No. 398.

An Act to provide for and regulate Refreshment-rooms

. at Railway Stations.

[Assented to, November 16th, 1887.1

W HEREAS it is expedient to make provision for and regulate Prambla. reikeshment-rooms a t railway stations-Be i t therefore

Enacted by the Governor of the Province of South Australia, with the advicc and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly of the said province, in this present Parliament assembled,

as follows:

I. This Act may be cited for all purposes as G The Railway Short tide.

Refreshment-rooms Act, 1887."

2. The Commissioner of Railways for the time being of the pro- ~ommiB8ioner may

vince (hereinafter designated to time, demise for refreshment-rooms, for any period not exceeding rooma. the Commissioner ") may, from time lase refreshmnt-

seven years, upon such terms and conditions as may appear to him expedient, any premises at any railway station in the said province vested in him as such Commissioner.

3. The Treasurer may issue to any lessee under this Act a !rrearmwr my mnt

licence in the form of the Schedule A hereto, which licence shall li~encm*

authorise the holder thereof to sell and dispose of brandy, gin, rum,

whisky, cordials containing spirits, wine, ale, porter, beer, and any

other spirituous, malt, vinous, and fermented liquors (all of which

are hereafter designated as liquor "), in any quantity, at such

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refreshment-rooms upon such days and during such hours as may be authorised by such licence, any law relating to the sale of such liquors to the contrary notwithstanding.

Lioence fee. 4. The annual licence fee for any licence issued under this Act

shall be Ten Pounds,

Forfdke oflicenaea 5. Every such licence shall determine and become forfeited on

the holder thereof becoming insolvent, or making any assignment

for the benefit of his creditors, or on his lease becoming determined,

or on his being convicted within a period of nine months for three

several offences against this Act.

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posseesion. 6. The Commissioner may, on the expiration or forfeiture of any

lease under this Act, by any writing under his hand, authorise any person to take possession of the premises mentioned in such lease on behalf of the Commissioner; and it shall be lawful for the person so authorised and his assistants, without any further authority, to forcibly eject any person and the goods and effects of any person in possession or occupation of such premises, and to take possession thereof on behalf of the Commissioner.

liquor at unauthorised 7, Every lessee under this Act who shall, directly or indirectly,	Penalty on sale of
horn, m nilnay sell, supply, barter, or exchange by retail, or permit to be sold, wnploy 6s. supplied, bartered, or exchanged by retail, any liquor at any time or

times not authorised by his licence, or to any railway employ&,

contrary to any rule or regulation of the railway service, shall be

guilty of an offence against this Act, and on conviction thereof shall

forfeit and pay for every such offence a sum of not less than Two

Pounds nor more than Twenty Pounds.

Other offences.	8. Every person holding a licence under this Act shall, for the purposes of sections 74, 82, 83, 85, and 88 of The Licensed Vic- tuallers Act, 1880," be deemed to be a person holding a licence under that Act, and every conviction for any offence against any of
the above-mentioned sections, or against sections 81, 109, or 127 of the said Act, shall be deemed to be a conviction for an offence
against this Act.

Commissioner may Q. The Commissioner may make regulations to be observed by

make rejiphtions.	every lessee under this Act for regulating the quality and variety of the refreshments (including liquor) to be provided by such lessee:
to limit the scale of charrges to be made therefor: to provide the
forms, particulars, terms, and conditions of tendering for any lease,
and to provide what covenants, conditions, and provisoes shall be
inserted in any lease: to regulate the periods and hour8 during which licences shall be in force, and generally for carrying this Act
into effect.

~ e g ~ l a t i ~ ] ~ ~ to be 10. All such regulations shall be published in the Governmat

publishedin Burtt** Gazette, and shall thereafter have the force of law; and all regula- tions for the time being in force shall, for all purposes, be incorpo- rated with and form part of this Act. 11. All

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11, All licences granted by the Treasurer before the firat day of Bendd.

July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, in respect of

any refreshment-rooms at any railway station, are hereby ratified

and confirmed and declared to be of the like force and effect as if granted and issued pursuant to this Act, but no licence shall here- after be issued pursuant to this Act unless the same shall have been previously granted by the Licensing Bench for the district, which grant, in the discretion of such Bench, may be obtained in like manner as in the case of the grant of a wine licence.

12. No licence issued pursuant to this Act shall authorise the -riotiona on term

sale of any liquor except at times to be specified in such licence, of kcenoes.

not being earlier than half an hour before the time fixed for the

arrival, and to expire not later than half an hour after the depar-

ture from such station of certain trains to be specified in such

licence,

In the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, I hereby assent to

this Bill.

WM. C. F. ROBINSON, Governor.

SCHEDULE

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SCHEDULE

Railway Refreshment-rooms Act, 1887."

I, the undersigned, Treasurer of the Province of South Australia, do hereby

licence of

to sell brandy, gin, rum, whisky, cordials containing spirits, wine, ale, porter, beer, and any other spirituous, malt, vinous, and fermented liquors, in any quantity, at the railway refreshment-rooms a t in the said province, subject to the provisions of the above-named Act and the Regulations made, or to be made, thereunder.

This licence shall commence on the day of the issue hereof, and continue in force for twelve calendar months [or as the case may be], provided it be not determined or forfeited in the meantime.

Given under my hand this day of 18 .

Treasurer.

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Adelaide : By authority, E. S P ~ L ~ R, Government Printer, North-tsnace.