Victorian Numbered Acts

LIQUOR CONTROL REFORM AMENDMENT (LICENSING) ACT 2009 (NO. 59 OF 2009) - SECT 31

At the end of Schedule 3 of the Principal Act insert —

    "     23     Transitional provision—on-premises licences

    (1)     The holder of an on-premises licence that is subject to the conditions set out in section 9(3) may apply to the Director before the commencement of section 32 of the Liquor Control Reform Amendment Act 2009 for the continuation after that commencement of the on-premises licence subject to those conditions.

    (2)     If the Director grants the application, the licence continues in force (subject to the conditions on which it was granted, including the conditions set out in section 9(3)) on or after the commencement of section 32 of the Liquor Control Reform Amendment Act 2009 —

        (a)     if the licence authorises the supply of liquor for a continuous period from 1 a.m. on a particular day and also authorises the supply of liquor up to 1 a.m. on that day, as a late night (on-premises) licence; and

        (b)     in any other case, as an on-premises licence.

    (3)     An application may be made at any time after the commencement of section 31 of the Liquor Control Reform Amendment Act 2009 and before the commencement of section 32 of the 2009 Act for a licence under this Act as proposed to be amended by the 2009 Act but the licence does not take effect before the commencement of section 32 of the 2009 Act.

    (4)     Nothing in this clause limits the operation of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 .".