New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LIQUOR ACT 2007 - SECT 144ZC

144ZC Application by licensee or manager of licensed premises to remove a category 1 demerit point

(1) This section applies in relation to a licensee or manager of licensed premises other than club premises, or the secretary of a registered club, if--

(a) there is not more than 1 demerit point in force in relation to the licensee or manager, or the club licence for the registered club, and

(b) the demerit point is a category 1 demerit point.

(2) The licensee, manager or secretary may apply to the Authority to remove the category 1 demerit point if, in the 10-year period immediately preceding the making of the application--

(a) for a demerit point in force in relation to a licensee or manager--the licensee or manager has not committed a demerit offence other than the demerit offence, if any, in respect of which the demerit point was incurred, and

(b) for a demerit point in force in relation to a club licence--the manager of the club premises has not committed a demerit offence other than the demerit offence, if any, in respect of which the demerit point was incurred, and

(c) no other demerit points have been incurred or imposed against the licensee or manager, or the club licence.

(3) The application must--

(a) be in the form and manner approved by the Authority, and

(b) be accompanied by--

(i) the fee (if any) prescribed by the regulations, and

(ii) any information or particulars prescribed by the regulations, and

(c) comply with any other requirements approved by the Authority or prescribed by the regulations.

(4) In this section--

"category 1 demerit point" --

(a) in relation to a person, means a demerit point incurred against the person as a result of the person having committed a category 1 demerit offence, or

(b) in relation to a club licence, means a demerit point incurred against the club licence as a result of the manager of the club premises having committed a category 1 demerit offence.