Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A person is drunk
for the purposes of this Act if —
(a) the
person is on licensed premises or regulated premises; and
(b) the
person’s speech, balance, co-ordination or behaviour appears to be
noticeably impaired; and
(c) it
is reasonable in the circumstances to believe that that impairment results
from the consumption of liquor.
(2) If an authorised
officer or a person on whom a duty is imposed under section 115 decides,
in accordance with subsection (1), that a person is drunk at a particular
time, then, in the absence of proof to the contrary, that person is to be
taken to be drunk at that time.
[Section 3A inserted by No. 73 of 2006
s. 7.]