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LIQUOR AMENDMENT REGULATION 2005 (NO 1) (NO 36 OF 2005)
2005
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FOR THE
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
LIQUOR
AMENDMENT REGULATION 2005 (No 1)
SUBORDINATE LAW
SL2005-36
EXPLANATORY
STATEMENT
Circulated by authority of the
Attorney General
Jon
Stanhope MLA
LIQUOR AMENDMENT REGULATION 2005 (No 1)
Sub-section 139(2) of the Liquor Act 1975 provides that it is unlawful
to possess an open container of liquor in a ‘prescribed public
place’. Sub-section 139(2) provides that the regulations may prescribe a
public place.
The purpose of the Liquor Amendment Regulation 2005 (No 1)
is to prescribe a public place in Woden known as ‘Hidden park’ and
to prescribe relevant public places around the locality of the Summernats motor
show for the period from noon 4 January 2006 to noon 9 January 2006.
The
government was approached by a number of community groups and a business in
Woden for the declaration of a ‘dry area’ of parkland located
between Melrose Drive and Corinna Street, Block 18 Section 12,
Phillip.
The identified area is known as ‘Hidden Park” and is
located between the rear of the Woden Senior Citizens Club and a child minding
facility and is an area that leads to the only underpass that goes from Woden
Plaza to Lyons. The representation for the declaration of the area came from
the Woden Valley Community Council and was supported by the Woden Community
Services, Woden Senior Citizens Club Inc and Retireinvest. The Australian
Federal Police also supported the declaration.
The submissions
highlighted threatening conduct arising from the consumption of liquor in the
park, the littering of the park by broken alcohol containers, and vandalism and
graffiti arsing from the use of the park by those who are congregating in it to
consume liquor.
This amendments will allow the Australian Federal Police
and the Office of Fair Trading to enforce these ‘dry areas’ in the
Territory.
Regulations 1 & 2 are formal requirements of all regulations, specifying
the title of the Regulation and commencement date.
This Regulation provides that the Regulation amends the Liquor Regulation
1979.
This Regulation substitutes a new regulation 11(a) to correctly describe a
dry area previously intended to be prescribed in 1993 at block 7 section 13 in
the City Division, this is commonly known as the Magistrates Court car
park.
Substitutes a new regulation 11A(e) to add a semi-colon and (f) to add block
18 of section 12 in the division of Phillip being the area known as
‘Hidden Park’.
Inserts new regulation 12A which provides that certain public areas are
prescribed as ‘dry areas’ for the period noon 4 January 2006 to noon
9 January 2006 for the Summernats 2006 event. The areas prescribed include any
unleased land adjoining any of the following places: The Federal Highway; Antill
Street to the Australian Hertiage Village; Northbourne Avenue between the
intersections of Macarthur Avenue and Wakefield Avenue; Flemington Road between
the intersections of Northbourne Avenue and Randwick Road; Stirling Avenue
between the intersections of Northbourne Avenue and Aspinall Street; Aspinall
Street; Phillip Avenue between the intersections of Northbourne Avenue and Innes
Street; Wells Road Station Road, Block 467 Gungahlin.