Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) In this
regulation —
function means a gathering, occasion or event;
on‑demand charter vehicle authorisation
means a passenger transport vehicle authorisation that authorises the
operation of the vehicle for use in providing an on‑demand charter
passenger transport service under the Transport (Road Passenger Services)
Act 2018 ;
responsible adult has the meaning given in
section 125(2)(b);
school has the meaning given in the
School Education Act 1999 section 4.
(2) The consumption of
liquor by a person who is at least 18 years of age is exempted from the
application of the Act if —
(a) at
the time of the consumption the person is a passenger in a vehicle in relation
to which an on‑demand charter vehicle authorisation is in force; and
(aa) the
vehicle is being hired for a continuous period of not less than one hour;
and
(ab) the
hiring of the vehicle, and the period of hire, was arranged before the journey
commenced; and
(ac) the
vehicle is equipped to carry not more than 14 adult passengers, excluding
the driver; and
(b) any
juveniles in the vehicle are accompanied by, and under the supervision of, a
responsible adult; and
(c) the
driver of the vehicle does not allow a drunk person to consume liquor in the
vehicle.
(3) The exemption
conferred by subregulation (2) does not apply if the vehicle is being
hired for the purposes of, or for purposes that include, taking one or more
school students to or from a function organised, by or on behalf of a school,
for students who attend the school (for example, a school ball), whether or
not the function is held at the school and whether or not other persons also
attend the function.
[Regulation 8F inserted: Gazette
15 Jul 2011 p. 2964‑5; amended: Gazette 6 Sep 2016
p. 3830-1; 28 Jun 2019 p. 2491‑2.]