Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Sale and supply of alcohol generally - Other enforcement provisions - Cancellation of licences and manager's certificates for repeat offending or breaches

291: Procedure for applications for cancellation of licence

You could also call this:

"How to apply to cancel an alcohol licence"

If you want to cancel a licence under section 289, you must apply in a certain way. You have to follow the rules set out in section 285(2) to make your application. This means you have to fill out the right form and give it to the right people.

When you apply, the licensing authority will send a copy of your application to the person who holds the licence. They will also set a date for a public hearing, which is a meeting where people can talk about your application. The licensing authority must give you and the licence holder at least 10 days' notice before the hearing.

At the hearing, you and the licence holder can talk and call witnesses to support your side of the story. But you can only talk about whether the reasons for cancelling the licence are true, which are listed in section 289(2).

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Part 2Sale and supply of alcohol generally
Other enforcement provisions: Cancellation of licences and manager's certificates for repeat offending or breaches

291Procedure for applications for cancellation of licence

  1. An application for cancellation of a licence under section 289 must be made in the form and manner prescribed under section 285(2).

  2. The licensing authority must—

  3. send a copy of the application to the licensee; and
    1. fix the earliest practicable date for a public hearing of the application; and
      1. give at least 10 days' notice of the hearing to the applicant and the licensee.
        1. The applicant and the licensee are entitled to appear and be heard at the hearing, whether personally or by counsel, and to call, examine, and cross-examine any witnesses.

        2. The evidence of any witnesses, and any submissions made, must be limited to whether the grounds for cancellation (specified in section 289(2)) can be established.