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Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Sale and supply of alcohol generally - Licensing bodies - General provisions relating to licensing authority and licensing committees

211A: Contempt of licensing authority

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"Disrespecting the people in charge of alcohol laws can get you in trouble"

If you insult or obstruct the licensing authority, you can get in trouble. You can also get in trouble if you insult or obstruct someone who is at a licensing authority meeting. This includes being rude or disrupting the meeting.

If you do something wrong, like insulting someone or disrupting a meeting, you might have to pay a fine of up to $1,000. The licensing authority can also ask you to leave a meeting if you are being disruptive. They can ask someone to help make sure you leave the meeting if you do not want to go.

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Part 2Sale and supply of alcohol generally
Licensing bodies: General provisions relating to licensing authority and licensing committees

211AContempt of licensing authority

  1. A person commits an offence if the person—

  2. wilfully insults or obstructs the licensing authority or any member of it, a witness, or an officer of the licensing authority during a sitting of the licensing authority or while a member, a witness, or an officer is going to, or returning from, a sitting of the licensing authority; or
    1. wilfully insults or obstructs any person in attendance at a sitting of the licensing authority; or
      1. wilfully interrupts, or otherwise misbehaves at, a sitting of the licensing authority; or
        1. wilfully and without lawful excuse disobeys any order or direction of the licensing authority in the course of the hearing of any proceedings.

          1. A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.

          2. The licensing authority may order the exclusion from a sitting of the licensing authority of any person whose behaviour, in the opinion of the licensing authority, constitutes an offence against subsection (1), whether or not the person is charged with the offence; and any officer of the licensing authority or constable may take any steps that are reasonably necessary to enforce the exclusion.

          Notes
          • Section 211A: inserted, on , by section 271 of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).