Western Australian Consolidated Acts

LIQUOR CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 169

169 .         Prosecutions, hearing of and limitation periods for

        (1)         A court of summary jurisdiction hearing and determining a charge of an offence under this Act is to be constituted by a magistrate if —

            (a)         the penalty for the offence is a fine of more than $2 000; or

            (b)         the person charged with the offence is a licensee, a manager or an employee or agent of a licensee.

        (2)         Subject to subsection (3), a prosecution for an offence against this Act must be commenced within 4 years after the date on which the offence is alleged to have been committed.

        (3)         A prosecution for an offence relating to the recording of a transaction involving the sale or purchase or other disposal or acquisition of liquor may be commenced within 4 years after the expiration of the financial year in which the offence is alleged to have been committed.

        [Section 169 amended by No. 56 of 1997 s. 26(4); No. 12 of 1998 s. 91; No. 59 of 2004 s. 141; No. 84 of 2004 s. 82; No. 56 of 2010 s. 67.]