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Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Sale and supply of alcohol generally - Offences and closure of premises - Other offences on licensed premises

247: Unauthorised sale or supply

You could also call this:

"Selling alcohol without permission is against the law"

If you are in charge of a place that sells alcohol, you must make sure the rules are followed. You cannot sell or supply alcohol on the premises for people to drink there, let people drink alcohol on the premises, or sell or supply alcohol on the premises for people to drink somewhere else, unless the law says you can. If you break this rule, you can get in trouble.

If you are the person who sells the alcohol, you can be fined up to $20,000 or have your licence suspended for up to 7 days, or both. If you are the manager, you can be fined up to $20,000. You can find more information about this rule by looking at s 165.

You must follow the law when it comes to selling and supplying alcohol, and make sure you have the right to do so.

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Part 2Sale and supply of alcohol generally
Offences and closure of premises: Other offences on licensed premises

247Unauthorised sale or supply

  1. A person who is the licensee or manager of any licensed premises must take all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that the licensee does not do any of the following things without the authority of this Act:

  2. sell or supply alcohol on the premises for consumption there; or
    1. let people consume alcohol on the premises; or
      1. sell or supply alcohol on the premises for consumption somewhere else.

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

        2. in the case of a licensee, to either or both of the following:
          1. a fine of not more than $20,000:
            1. the suspension of the licensee's licence for a period of not more than 7 days:
            2. in the case of a manager, a fine of not more than $20,000.

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