Victorian Current Acts

LIQUOR CONTROL REFORM ACT 1998 - SECT 119

S. 119(1) amended by Nos 92/2004 s. 23(2)(a), 56/2014 s. 57(1).

    (1)     A licensee or a permittee must not—

        (a)     supply liquor; or

        (b)     permit liquor to be supplied—

to a person under the age of 18 years.

Penalty:     120 penalty units.

S. 119(2) amended by Nos 92/2004 s. 23(2)(a), 56/2014 s. 57(1).

    (2)     If liquor is supplied to a person under the age of 18 years on the licensed premises or any authorised premises of a licensee or permittee, the licensee or permittee is guilty of an offence.

Penalty:     120 penalty units.

S. 119(3) amended by Nos 92/2004 s. 23(2)(a), 56/2014 s. 57(1).

    (3)     A person, other than—

        (a)     a licensee or permittee; or

        (b)     an employee of a licensee acting or purporting to act in the course of his or her employment—

must not supply liquor to a person under the age of 18 years.

Penalty:     120 penalty units.

S. 119(4) amended by Nos 92/2004 s. 23(2)(c), 56/2014 s. 57(2).

    (4)     An employee of a licensee acting or purporting to act in the course of his or her employment must not supply liquor to a person under the age of 18 years.

Penalty:     20 penalty units.

    (5)     Subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4) do not apply—

S. 119
(5)(a)–(c) repealed by No. 20/2018 s. 26(1).

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S. 119(5)(d) amended by No. 92/2004 s. 6(1)(a)(b).

        (d)     to the supply of packaged liquor to a person who is—

              (i)     a member of the family of the licensee or permittee; or

              (ii)     an employee or apprentice of the licensee or permittee—

if the member or employee is employed to deliver that liquor to a person of or over the age of 18 years for consumption off the licensed or authorised premises; or

S. 119(5)(e) substituted by Nos 13/2011 s. 3, 20/2018 s. 26(2).

        (e)     to the supply of liquor in a residence to a minor by an adult if the adult is able to demonstrate responsible supervision of the supply of the liquor to the minor, taking into account factors that include—

              (i)     the age of the minor; and

              (ii)     whether or not the person supplying the liquor to the minor is intoxicated; and

              (iii)     whether or not the minor consumes food with the liquor; and

              (iv)     whether or not the person supplying the liquor is providing supervision of the minor's consumption of the liquor; and

              (v)     the quantity and type of liquor supplied and the period of time over which the liquor is supplied; and

              (vi)     whether or not the minor is intoxicated.

S. 119(5A) inserted by No. 20/2018 s. 26(3).

    (5A)     In subsection (5)(e)—

"adult" means a person who is—

        (a)     the minor's parent, guardian or spouse (if the spouse is of or over 18 years of age); or

        (b)     authorised to supply liquor to the minor by the minor's parent, guardian or spouse (if the spouse is of or over 18 years of age);

"minor" means a person who is under the age of 18 years.

S. 119(6) amended by No. 28/2022 s. 168.

    (6)     It is a defence to a prosecution under this section for the accused to prove that, at the time of the alleged offence the accused had seen an evidence of age document of the person whose age is material to the offence, indicating that that person is of or over the age of 18 years.

Note to s. 119 inserted by No. 13/2013 s. 29(7).

Note

Section 53C applies to an offence against subsection (1) or (2).

S. 119A inserted by No. 20/2018 s. 27.