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Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Sale and supply of alcohol generally - Other enforcement provisions - General enforcement provisions

287: Automatic suspension of licence for non-payment of annual fee

You could also call this:

"Your alcohol licence is suspended if you don't pay the yearly fee on time."

If you have a licence under the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012, you must pay the annual fee on time. The annual fee is the amount set by regulations made under this Act. If you do not pay the annual fee within 30 days of when it is due, your licence will be suspended. Your licence will be suspended from the 31st day after the fee was due. It will stay suspended until you pay the fee and any penalties for late payment.

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Part 2Sale and supply of alcohol generally
Other enforcement provisions: General enforcement provisions

287Automatic suspension of licence for non-payment of annual fee

  1. A licence for which the annual fee prescribed by regulations made under this Act is not paid within 30 days after the day on which it is due is suspended for the period—

  2. beginning on the day 31 days after the day on which it is due; and
    1. ending on the day on which it, and all penalties payable in respect of its late payment, are fully paid.