Queensland Consolidated Acts

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMUNITIES (JUSTICE, LAND AND OTHER MATTERS) ACT 1984 - SECT 38

38 Offences relating to homemade alcohol

(1) Subsection (2) applies if—

(a) a community area or part of a community area (the
"part community area" ) is, or is in, a restricted area under the Liquor Act 1992 to which section 168B of that Act applies because of a declaration under section 173H of that Act; and

(b) the prescribed quantity of liquor of any type a person may under that Act possess for the restricted area, other than under the authority of a restricted area permit under that Act, is zero.

(2) A person must not in the community area or part community area—

(a) possess a home-brew kit or component of a home-brew kit; or

(b) possess equipment, or a component of equipment, that is being used, or has been used, to brew alcohol; or

(c) possess home-brew concentrate; or

(d) possess a substance other than home-brew concentrate, or a combination of substances, with the intention of using the substance or substances to make homemade alcohol; or

(e) supply homemade alcohol to another person.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—190 penalty units.

(3) A person must not in a prescribed community area—

(a) possess a home-brew kit or component of a home-brew kit; or

(b) possess equipment, or a component of equipment, that is being used, or has been used, to brew alcohol; or

(c) possess home-brew concentrate; or

(d) possess a substance other than home-brew concentrate, or a combination of substances, with the intention of using the substance or substances to make homemade alcohol; or

(e) possess homemade alcohol; or

(f) supply homemade alcohol to another person.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—190 penalty units.

(4) In this section—

"component" , of a home-brew kit, means a device that is apparently intended to be part of a home-brew kit.