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Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Sale and supply of alcohol generally - Licensing generally, requirements on licensees, and conditions - Restrictions relating to trading hours

47: Sale and supply on Anzac Day morning, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, and Christmas Day restricted: on-licences

You could also call this:

“No alcohol sales on some public holidays and restricted sales on Anzac Day morning.”

If you have a licence to sell alcohol, you must not sell or supply it on certain days. These days are Good Friday, Easter Sunday, and Christmas Day. You also cannot sell or supply alcohol before 1 pm on Anzac Day, unless you have a special licence or the buyer is someone who is staying on your premises or is there to eat a meal.

You can sell alcohol to people who are staying on your premises, like guests or employees. You can also sell alcohol to people who are there to eat a meal, but only if they are eating within an hour of arriving or leaving.

There is another law that affects this rule, which is section 173 of the Gambling Act 2003.

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Part 2 Sale and supply of alcohol generally
Licensing generally, requirements on licensees, and conditions: Restrictions relating to trading hours

47Sale and supply on Anzac Day morning, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, and Christmas Day restricted: on-licences

  1. The holder of an on-licence must ensure that no alcohol is sold or supplied on the premises on Good Friday, Easter Sunday, or Christmas Day, or before 1 pm on Anzac Day, unless—

  2. it is sold or supplied while the holder also holds a special licence for the premises; or
    1. the buyer is a person of a kind described in subsection (2).

      1. The kinds of person referred to in subsection (1) are—

      2. people residing or lodging on the premises:
        1. people who are present on the premises to dine.

          1. For the purposes of subsection (2),—

          2. a person resides or lodges on licensed premises if he or she resides or lodges in the building in which the premises are situated as the guest, lodger, tenant, or employee of the licensee:
            1. a person is not present on licensed premises to dine if he or she is there at a time—
              1. more than an hour before he or she starts (or is due to start) eating a meal; or
                1. more than an hour after he or she finishes eating a meal.

                2. Subsection (1) is subject to section 173 of the Gambling Act 2003.