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Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Sale and supply of alcohol generally - Offences and closure of premises - Unlicensed persons and unlicensed premises

234: Allowing unlicensed premises to be used for sale of alcohol

You could also call this:

“No selling alcohol in unlicensed places”

If you are in charge of a place where alcohol is not usually sold, you must not let someone else sell alcohol there. You must not let someone display or keep alcohol to sell in that place either. If you do, you can get in trouble with the law.

If you break this rule, you might have to go to prison for up to 3 months or pay a fine of up to $40,000. This is what can happen if you are found guilty. You can find more information about this rule by looking at s 152 for comparison.

You need to follow this rule to avoid getting in trouble, and it is good to know what the law says about selling alcohol in places that are not licensed to do so.

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Part 2 Sale and supply of alcohol generally
Offences and closure of premises: Unlicensed persons and unlicensed premises

234Allowing unlicensed premises to be used for sale of alcohol

  1. A person who is the occupier or one of the occupiers of any unlicensed premises commits an offence if that person allows any other person to sell, or display or keep for sale, any alcohol in those premises.

  2. A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction to either—

  3. a term of imprisonment of not more than 3 months; or
    1. a fine of not more than $40,000.

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