Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

LIQUOR ACT 2010 - SECT 110

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person is a licensee; and

        (b)     the person supplies liquor or low-alcohol liquor to another person; and

        (c)     the other person is a child or young person; and

        (d)     the supply happens at—

              (i)     if the licensee holds a catering licence—the catered premises; or

              (ii)     in any other case—the licensed premises.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

Note     Supply includes sell (see dict).

    (2)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person is a permit-holder; and

        (b)     the person supplies liquor or low-alcohol liquor to another person; and

        (c)     the other person is a child or young person; and

        (d)     the supply happens at permitted premises.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (3)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person is a licensee; and

        (b)     an employee of the licensee supplies liquor or low-alcohol liquor to another person; and

        (c)     the other person is a child or young person; and

        (d)     the supply happens at—

              (i)     if the licensee holds a catering licence—the catered premises; or

              (ii)     in any other case—the licensed premises.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (4)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person is a permit-holder; and

        (b)     an employee of the permit-holder supplies liquor or low-alcohol liquor to another person; and

        (c)     the other person is a child or young person; and

        (d)     the supply happens at the permitted premises.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (5)     An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.

    (6)     This section does not apply in relation to a young person if the young person—

        (a)     was at least 16 years old at the time of the offence; and

        (b)     had, before the time of the offence, shown 1 or more of the following people an identification document identifying the young person as an adult:

              (i)     the defendant;

              (ii)     an employee of the defendant;

              (iii)     a crowd controller working as a crowd controller at the premises.

Note     The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (6) (see Criminal Code

, s 58).

    (7)     In a prosecution for an offence against this section, a substance supplied to a person is presumed to be liquor if—

        (a)     the substance is supplied to the person in an adults-only area at the premises; and

        (b)     a police officer gives evidence—

              (i)     that the police officer saw the substance being supplied to the person; and

              (ii)     that the police officer believes on reasonable grounds that the substance is liquor.

Note     A person rebutting the presumption in s (7) has an evidential burden in relation to the rebuttal (see Criminal Code

, s 58).