Posted on October 27th, 2011 by sbawa

As a matter of policy, the Department of Racing, Gaming and Liquor does not accept any application for the grant of a liquor licence without a Liquor Control Act section 40 certificate from the local government authority in which the proposed premises are, or will be, situated.  Such a certificate verifies that the proposed use [...]

Posted on October 14th, 2011 by sbawa

Many liquor licences in Western Australia are applied for and subsequently operated by or transferred to corporate entities.  As part of the application process, the directors and shareholders are required to submit formal documentation to the Department of Racing, Gaming and Liquor (Department).  The Department requires the formal documentation to assist to assess and determine [...]

Posted on September 28th, 2011 by sbawa

The State Government has recently tabled its response to the Education and Health Standing Committee’s report Alcohol: Reducing the Harm and Curbing the Culture of Excess (Report).  The Report was tabled in Parliament on 23 June 2011 and recommended sweeping reforms to the liquor industry such as barring people from purchasing takeaway liquor until they [...]

Posted on September 15th, 2011 by sbawa

It has previously been reported that the licensing authority is increasingly imposing unique conditions or restrictions on the grant of many new licences.  Special trading conditions are frequently tailored to ensure licensees conduct their businesses strictly in the manner portrayed in their application documents, particularly their intended manner of trade document.  It is therefore important [...]

Posted on September 1st, 2011 by sbawa

Licensees wishing to trade later than normal on Sundays preceding a Monday public holiday in 2012 will need to lodge extended trading permit applications with the Department of Racing, Gaming and Liquor on or before 31 October 2011. Long weekend extended trading permit applications in respect of nightclubs, hotels, taverns, small bars and some special [...]

Posted on August 19th, 2011 by sbawa

Licensees, other than club restricted or occasional licensees, are required to actually occupy the licensed premises and maintain the right to occupy the licensed premises to the exclusion of others pursuant to section 37(5) of the Liquor Control Act.  There are numerous circumstances where licensees may lose the right to occupy licensed premises.  Examples of [...]

Posted on August 8th, 2011 by sbawa

Following on from the previous Snapshot, Amendments to the Liquor Control Regulations: making it easier to drink?, the new exemptions regarding live entertainment venues and small charter vehicles are now addressed. Possibly in order to address businesses, such as The Jazz Cellar in Mount Hawthorn, which have been operating without a liquor licence, the Regulations [...]

Posted on July 29th, 2011 by sbawa

Very recent amendments to the Liquor Control Regulations exempt a number of circumstances from the application of the Liquor Control Act 1988.  Although the amendments appear to amount to concessions and a step in the direction of deregulation, those persons who believe they are affected, who seek to sell, supply or consume liquor where no [...]

Posted on July 7th, 2011 by sbawa

The recent report produced by the Education and Health Standing Committee chaired by Dr J.M. Woollard MLA ‘…discusses proposals, some similar to those introduced 300 years ago, to combat the current excessive consumption of alcohol in Western Australia.’  The report is titled Alcohol: Reducing the Harm and Curbing the Culture of Excess. Should many of [...]

Posted on June 23rd, 2011 by sbawa

Increasingly the licensing authority is imposing unique conditions or restrictions on the grant of new licences.  The conditions are tailored to ensure licensees conduct their businesses strictly in the manner portrayed in their application documents.  Examples of some of these customised conditions recently applied to tavern licences include: limiting the number of persons allowed on [...]