New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LIQUOR ACT 2007 - SECT 114J

114J Liquor not to be supplied to intoxicated person

(1) A person must not, as part of a liquor delivery, supply liquor to an intoxicated person.

: Maximum penalty--100 penalty units.

(2) It is a defence to a prosecution under subsection (1) for the person who delivered the liquor if it is proved that at the time of the alleged offence the person did not know, and could not reasonably be expected to have known, that the person was delivering liquor.

Example : A courier delivers a package on behalf of an interstate retailer and is unaware the delivery includes liquor.

(3) In this section--

"liquor delivery" means--

(a) a same day delivery, or

(b) another delivery of packaged liquor, under a commercial arrangement, to a person in New South Wales after it is purchased by retail, irrespective of the State or Territory in which the sale is made.