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Western Australia LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Liquor Licensing Amendment (Petrol Stations and Lodgers' Registers) Bill 2000 A Bill for An Act to amend the Liquor Licensing Act 1988. The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Liquor Licensing Amendment (Petrol Stations and Lodgers' Registers) Act 2000. page 1 90--1C Liquor Licensing Amendment (Petrol Stations and Lodgers' Registers) Bill 2000 s. 2 2. Commencement This Act comes into operation on a day fixed by proclamation. 3. The Act amended The amendments in this Act are to the Liquor Licensing 5 Act 1988*. [* Reprinted as at 12 June 1998.] 4. Section 3 amended Section 3(1) is amended by inserting after the definition of "this Act" the following definition -- 10 " "townsite" means a townsite under the Land Administration Act 1997; ". 5. Section 36A inserted 15 After section 36 the following section is inserted -- " 36A. Petrol stations in some areas not to be granted licences (1) In this section -- 20 "country townsite" means a townsite that is outside the metropolitan area; "packaged liquor outlet" means licensed premises from which packaged liquor is sold but does not include premises in respect of which a club licence 25 is in force; "petrol station" means a business that involves the retail sale of fuel for road vehicles to people page 2 Liquor Licensing Amendment (Petrol Stations and Lodgers' Registers) Bill 2000 s. 6 travelling in them, whether or not other goods or services are also sold or supplied to those people. (2) The licensing authority shall not approve the grant or removal of a licence that would authorize the sale of 5 packaged liquor from any premises if there is a petrol station on the premises and the premises are -- (a) in the metropolitan area; or (b) in, or within a prescribed distance outside, a country townsite in which there is a packaged 10 liquor outlet. ". 6. Section 65A inserted After section 65 the following section is inserted -- " 15 65A. Petrol station not to be established on premises from which packaged liquor is sold (1) In this section -- "applicable day" means the day on which the Liquor Licensing Amendment (Petrol Stations and 20 Lodgers' Registers) Act 2000 comes into operation; "country townsite" has the same meaning as it has in section 36A; "petrol station" has the same meaning as it has in 25 section 36A. (2) A licence that authorizes the sale of packaged liquor and that is in respect of premises in the metropolitan area or in a country townsite is subject to the condition page 3 Liquor Licensing Amendment (Petrol Stations and Lodgers' Registers) Bill 2000 s. 7 that after the applicable day a petrol station must not be established on the premises. (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to premises that are in a country townsite if the Director, on an application by 5 the licensee of the premises, so orders. (4) In the case of a breach of the condition referred to in subsection (2) the licensing authority must cancel the licence in respect of the premises unless it is satisfied that the construction of the petrol station commenced 10 before the applicable day in which case the authority may exercise any of the powers in section 96. ". 7. Section 105 amended Section 105(7)(a) is amended by deleting "6 years" and 15 inserting instead -- " 2 years ".
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