❓ A parliamentary question regarding police representations to the Director of Liquor Licensing about limiting energy drink sales and the evidence supporting such restrictions, with a response outlining the Director's powers and past interventions.
AnsweredQoN 6096Legislative Assembly
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(1) Have police made representations to the Director of Liquor Licensing about limiting the sale of energy drinks?
(2) What is the nature of those representations?
(3) By whom were these representations made?
(4) What evidence is relied upon on the effects of energy drinks and their nexus to anti-social behaviour?
(5) Where limitations to sale of energy drinks are in place, what methods of evaluation are undertaken to assess the impact of these restrictions on behaviour of patrons at licensed premises?
(2) What is the nature of those representations?
(3) By whom were these representations made?
(4) What evidence is relied upon on the effects of energy drinks and their nexus to anti-social behaviour?
(5) Where limitations to sale of energy drinks are in place, what methods of evaluation are undertaken to assess the impact of these restrictions on behaviour of patrons at licensed premises?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
18 October 2011
Responded by
Minister for Racing and Gaming
Response time
40 days
(1)-(3) When intervening in proceedings before the licensing authority under section 69(6)(c) of the
Liquor Control Act 1988
, the Commissioner of Police, has, on a number of occasions, recommended restrictions be placed on licences prohibiting the sale and supply of liquor with energy drinks.
(4)-(5) Under the
Liquor Control Act 1988
, the Director of Liquor Licensing is empowered, in the public interest, to impose conditions on licences and permit so as to, amongst other things:
a. ensure that liquor is sold and consumed in a responsible manner;
b. minimise harm or ill-health caused to people, or any group of people due to the use of liquor; and/or
c. limit the manner in which liquor may be sold.
Under section 69 of the
Act
, the Executive Director Public Health and the Commission of Police are authorised to intervene in proceedings before the licensing authority in relation to harm or ill-health caused to people, or any group of people, due to the use of liquor. Both have respectively made representation to the licensing authority in the past that have satisfied the Director of Liquor Licensing that the imposition of conditions relating to the sale and supply of liquor mixed with energy drinks, was in the public interest.
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Liquor Control Act 1988
, the Commissioner of Police, has, on a number of occasions, recommended restrictions be placed on licences prohibiting the sale and supply of liquor with energy drinks.
(4)-(5) Under the
Liquor Control Act 1988
, the Director of Liquor Licensing is empowered, in the public interest, to impose conditions on licences and permit so as to, amongst other things:
a. ensure that liquor is sold and consumed in a responsible manner;
b. minimise harm or ill-health caused to people, or any group of people due to the use of liquor; and/or
c. limit the manner in which liquor may be sold.
Under section 69 of the
Act
, the Executive Director Public Health and the Commission of Police are authorised to intervene in proceedings before the licensing authority in relation to harm or ill-health caused to people, or any group of people, due to the use of liquor. Both have respectively made representation to the licensing authority in the past that have satisfied the Director of Liquor Licensing that the imposition of conditions relating to the sale and supply of liquor mixed with energy drinks, was in the public interest.
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