Queensland Consolidated Acts

LIQUOR ACT 1992 - SECT 142ZZ

142ZZ Unacceptable practices and promotions

(1) A licensee or permittee must not engage in, or allow another person to engage in, an unacceptable practice or promotion in the conduct of business on the relevant premises.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(2) For subsection (1) , each of the following is an
"unacceptable practice or promotion" —

(a) a practice or promotion that may encourage the irresponsible consumption of liquor;

(b) a practice or promotion that may discourage a patron from monitoring or controlling the patron’s consumption of liquor;

(c) a practice or promotion likely to have a special appeal to children, for example, because of the use of designs, names, motifs or characters that are likely to be attractive to children;

(d) a practice or promotion that is indecent or offensive;

(e) a practice or promotion using emotive descriptions that are likely to encourage the irresponsible consumption of liquor;

(f) a practice or promotion that involves providing free drinks, or providing drinks at discounts, in a way that encourages patrons to consume excessive amounts of liquor or consume liquor more rapidly than they would otherwise do;

(g) a practice or promotion prescribed by regulation for this section.

(3) For subsection (2) (g) , a regulation may prescribe a practice or promotion for all licensees or permittees, or for a particular class of licensees or permittees.

(4) The commissioner may make a guideline under section 42A that includes examples of practices and promotions mentioned in subsection (2) .