Northern Territory Numbered Acts

ALCOHOL REFORM (LIQUOR LEGISLATION AMENDMENT) ACT 2011 (NO 17 OF 2011) - SECT 49

Sections 112 to 114

repeal, insert

112     Licensee to produce records and other documents

A licensee must, on request by an inspector on the licensee's licensed premises, produce to the inspector:

    (a)     a record kept under section 111; or

    (b)     any other documents relating to the licensee's business.

Maximum penalty:     20 penalty units.

113     Licensees to lodge return

    (1)     A licensee must, except as otherwise provided by the licensee's licence, within 28 days after the end of each quarter during which the licence is in force, lodge with the Director a return for that quarter that complies with subsection (3).

Maximum penalty:     20 penalty units.

    (2)     An offence against subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.

    (3)     The application must:

    (a)     be in the form approved by the Director; and

    (b)     specify details about all purchases made during the quarter of liquor for disposal under the licence.

113A     Wholesaler of liquor

    (1)     A person must not sell liquor to a licensee unless the person:

    (a)     is registered as a wholesaler of liquor for this Act; or

    (b)     is a licensee.

Maximum penalty:     250 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months

    (2)     The Director must keep a register of wholesalers of liquor in a way decided by the Director.

    (3)     The Director must record a person in the register if the person lodges with the Director:

    (a)     an application for the registration in the form approved by the Director, together with other documents, samples or things as the Director requires; and

    (b)     a registration fee of:

        (i)     $20; or

        (ii)     if another amount is prescribed by regulation – that amount.

    (4)     The registration of a person has effect for 12 months from the date the record is made in the register.

    (5)     A certificate signed by the Director specifying that a specified person was not registered as a wholesaler of liquor at a specified time is evidence of the matter specified in the certificate.

114     Registered wholesalers to lodge return

    (1)     A person registered under section 113A must, within 28 days after the end of each quarter, lodge with the Director a return for that quarter that complies with subsection (3).

Maximum penalty:     20 penalty units.

    (2)     An offence against subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.

    (3)     The return must:

    (a)     be in the form approved by the Director; and

    (b)     specify details about all purchases and sales of liquor made by the person during the quarter.