Queensland Numbered Acts

LIQUOR AMENDMENT ACT 2005 No. 13 - SECT 6

After section 148A--

insert--

'(1) This section has the same purpose as the purpose mentioned in section 148A(1).

'(2) A licensee or permittee must not advertise or cause to be advertised--

(a) the availability of the following for consumption on the licensee's licensed premises or the premises to which the permittee's permit relates (each the advertised 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 advertised premises; or

(c) a promotion that is likely to indicate to an ordinary person the availability of liquor, for consumption on the advertised 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'

Maximum penalty--100 penalty units.

'(3) A person does not contravene subsection (2) if--

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

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

'(4) The holder of an on-premises (meals) licence does not contravene subsection (2)(b) merely by complying with section 74.1

'(5) This section does not limit section 148A.

'(6) In this section--

advertise means advertise in any way whatever including, for example, in any of the following ways--

(a) by signage;

(b) in print;

(c) orally;

(d) electronically.'.