Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

LIQUOR ACT 2010 - SECT 204A

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

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

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

        (c)     the supply happens at a private place.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply if the supply is by a person who is—

        (a)     a parent or guardian of the child or young person; or

        (b)     authorised by a parent or guardian of the child or young person to supply liquor or low-alcohol liquor to the child or young person.

Note     The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (2) (see Criminal Code

, s 58).

    (3)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person is—

              (i)     a parent or guardian of a child or young person; or

              (ii)     authorised by a parent or guardian of a child or young person to supply liquor or low-alcohol liquor to the child or young person; and

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

        (c)     the supply happens at a private place.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

    (4)     Subsection (3) does not apply if the supply is consistent with responsible supervision of the child or young person.

    (5)     For subsection (4)—

        (a)     the following are relevant to whether the supply of liquor to a child or young person is consistent with responsible supervision of the child or young person:

              (i)     the age of the child or young person;

              (ii)     whether the child or young person is consuming food with the liquor;

              (iii)     the level of supervision the supplier has of the child or young person;

              (iv)     the kind of liquor supplied to the child or young person;

              (v)     the quantity of, and the time in which, the liquor is supplied to the child or young person; and

        (b)     the supply of liquor to a child or young person who is intoxicated is not consistent with the responsible supervision of the child or young person.

Note     For offences about the supply of liquor to a child or young person at licensed premises and permitted premises, see div 8.3 (Children and young people).

    (6)     In this section:

"private place" means a place that is not—

        (a)     a public place; or

        (b)     permitted premises.