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Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Sale and supply of alcohol generally - Licensing bodies - Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority

174: Licensing authority may refer matters for investigation

You could also call this:

"The licensing authority can ask someone to investigate and report back on certain matters."

The licensing authority can choose someone to look into certain matters and report back to them. This helps the authority make good decisions about its powers and functions under the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012. You can read more about similar laws by checking the link to s 94.

If someone is investigating a matter, they need to be able to see relevant documents like books or papers. You must let the investigator see these documents if they ask for them. You must not get in the way of the investigator doing their job.

If you do not let the investigator see the documents or if you obstruct them, you can get in trouble. You might have to pay a fine of up to $2,000 if you are found guilty. This is a serious offence under the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.

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Part 2Sale and supply of alcohol generally
Licensing bodies: Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority

174Licensing authority may refer matters for investigation

  1. The licensing authority may appoint one of its members, or any other qualified person (other than an inspector), to investigate and report to the authority on any matters it refers to that person for the purpose of the proper exercise of its powers or functions under this Act.

  2. A person who has custody or possession of any books, papers, accounts, or other documents, relevant to any matter to be investigated under this section commits an offence if he or she—

  3. fails or refuses to allow the person conducting the investigation to have access to the documents; or
    1. obstructs that person in the conduct of the investigation.

      1. A person who commits an offence against subsection (2) is liable on conviction to a fine of not more than $2,000.

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