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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 8 Hansard (27 June) . . Page.. 2518 ..
3to 32 dealing with the powers of the Liquor Licensing Board will
ensure that the Board is well placed to deal with licensees that contravene the
provisions of the Act. The amendments enable the Board to impose monetary
penalties for contraventions of the Act. This will allow the Board a degree of
flexibility to impose a sanction more in line with the nature of the
contravention while also adding a more effective penalty for the range of
administrative and minor matters in the Act. Additionally, the amendments also
remove the current restriction on the Board to only issue a sanction in line
with the nature of the application applied for, if the matter is proven. It is
proposed to enable the Board to issue a lower sanction, if it considers that
that is more appropriate, where an application for a higher sanction is made.
For instance, if an application for cancellation of a licence is made and the
Board finds the allegation proven but believes that in all the circumstances
that cancellation would be an excessive punishment, it will be able to suspend
the licence or issue directions to the licensee if the grounds for such action
are made out. Currently the Board is only able to cancel the licence or dismiss
the matter. I believe this approach will enable the Board to exercise more
effective control over the industry in respect of the issues that come before
it.
This Government is also committed to ensuring that the industry is better
educated about what its responsibilities are in selling and supplying liquor to
our community. The amendments contained in clauses 16,19, 20 & 21 therefore
permit the relevant decision maker (either the Board or the Registrar), to
issue a licence, transfer a licence or approve a change in defined influential
persons on the condition that the applicant or applicants undertake approved
training in respect of the obligations of a licensee under the Act, where the
relevant decision maker believes that a person's
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