Victorian Numbered Acts

LIQUOR CONTROL REFORM AMENDMENT (LICENSING) ACT 2009 (NO. 59 OF 2009) - SECT 1

The main purposes of this Act are—

        (a)     to amend the Liquor Control Reform Act 1998 —

              (i)     to strengthen the objects of that Act in relation to harm minimisation and the responsible consumption of alcohol; and

              (ii)     to create three new licence categories for late night licences, restaurant and cafe licences and major event licences; and

              (iii)     to create late night (general) licences, late night (on-premises) licences and late night (packaged liquor) licences as sub-categories of late night licences;

              (iv)     to create renewable limited licences and temporary limited licences as sub-categories of limited licences; and

              (v)     to simplify the process for licensees seeking to change the category of licence they hold; and

              (vi)     to provide a new risk-based structure for licence fees; and

              (vii)     to make other minor and consequential amendments to that Act; and

        (b)     to make consequential amendments to other Acts.