Western Australian Consolidated Acts

LIQUOR CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 82

82 .         Applications for transfer of licences

        (1)         Subject to section 83, the Director has the same powers in relation to the approval of the transfer of a licence as the licensing authority, appropriately constituted, has in relation to the grant of a new licence of the same class.

        (2)         An application to the Director for approval to the transfer of a licence shall be made by the person wishing to hold the licence after the transfer.

        (3)         The transfer of a licence — 

            (a)         shall be effected by an endorsement made on the licence by the licensing authority, in a form approved by the Director, substituting the name of the transferee for that of the person who holds or has held the licence; and

            (b)         takes effect on the date specified in that endorsement,

                on an application for the approval of the proposed transfer being granted.

        [Section 82 amended by No. 12 of 1998 s. 56.]