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LIQUOR CONTROL REFORM ACT 1998 - SECT 115B

Certain advertising prohibited within 150 metres of school

    (1)     A person must not for any direct or indirect pecuniary benefit display, or cause to be displayed, any alcohol advertising that is static advertising within 150 metres of the perimeter of a school.

Penalty:     120 penalty units.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply if a person displays, or causes to be displayed, alcohol advertising that is static advertising within 150 metres of the perimeter of a school that is—

        (a)     a logo, emblem or product name on a building that is occupied by a person conducting a business that is associated with the supply of liquor; or

        (b)     alcohol advertising within a licensed premises or on an exterior of a licensed premises; or

        (c)     alcohol advertising on an item of clothing worn by a person; or

        (d)     alcohol advertising on a vehicle that is in the reasonable transit through an area within 150 metres of a school to travel to a destination; or

        (e)     alcohol advertising at a sporting ground or a racecourse.

    (3)     In this section—

"alcohol advertising" means any information, term, expression, symbol or other thing that gives publicity to, or otherwise promotes liquor;

"school" has the same meaning as it has in the  Education and Training Reform Act 2006 ;

"static advertising" includes, but is not limited to—

        (a)     static advertising displays, including but not limited to billboards, banners, hoardings, signs, images or rolling static displays; and

        (b)     digital billboards and panels, including those that display moving or video images; and

        (c)     moveable billboards and displays—

but does not include advertising using the following—

        (d)     broadcast television, radio or digital media such as websites or social media;

        (e)     commercial print media such as magazines and newspapers.

S. 115C inserted by No. 20/2018 s. 20.



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