Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

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

249: Allowing people to become intoxicated

You could also call this:

"Don't let people get too drunk at your alcohol venue or you could be fined."

If you are in charge of a place where alcohol is sold, you must not let people get too drunk. You can get in trouble if someone becomes intoxicated on your premises. This applies to the person who owns the licence or the manager of the premises.

If you break this rule, you can be fined or have your licence suspended. As the licence owner, you could be fined up to $10,000 or have your licence suspended for up to 7 days. As a manager, you could be fined up to $10,000. You can find more information about this by looking at s 167.

This rule is in place to help keep people safe when they are drinking alcohol. You have a responsibility to make sure people are not getting too drunk on your premises. This is part of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.

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

249Allowing people to become intoxicated

  1. The licensee or a manager of any licensed premises who allows any person to become intoxicated on the premises commits an offence.

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

  3. in the case of a licensee, to either or both of the following:
    1. a fine of not more than $10,000:
      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 $10,000.
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