Queensland Consolidated Acts

LIQUOR ACT 1992 - SECT 142ZZC

142ZZC Advertising

(1) A licensee or permittee must not advertise or allow anyone to advertise—

(a) the availability of the following for consumption on the relevant premises—

(i) free liquor;

(ii) multiple quantities of liquor; or

Example—

2 drinks for the price of 1

(b) the sale price of liquor for consumption on the relevant premises; or

(c) a promotion that is likely to indicate to an ordinary person the availability of liquor, for consumption on the relevant premises, at a price less than that normally charged for the liquor.

Examples of promotions for paragraph (c)—

• ‘happy hours’

• ‘all you can drink’

• ‘toss the boss’

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(2) A person does not contravene subsection (1) if—

(a) the advertising happens only within the relevant premises; and

(b) the advertisement is not visible or audible to a person who is outside the relevant premises.

(3) Subsection (1) (b) does not apply to the holder of a subsidiary on-premises licence if the principal activity of the business conducted under the licence is the principal activity mentioned in section 67A .

(4) A licensee or permittee must not advertise or allow anyone to advertise anything that is, or would be if it were engaged in, an unacceptable practice or promotion under section 142ZZ .

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(5) In this section—

"advertise" means advertise in any way including, for example, in any of the following ways—

(a) by signage;

(b) in print;

(c) orally;

(d) electronically.