Page 1993 - Week 05 - Thursday, 5 May 2011
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Table B—Off licences
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Annual liquor purchase |
Number of licences |
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≤ $100 000 | |
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$100 001 – $500 000 | |
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$500 001 – $1 million | |
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$1 million – $2 Million | |
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$2 million – $3 million | |
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$3 million – $4 million | |
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$4 million – $5 million | |
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$5 million – $6 million | |
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$6 million – $7 million | |
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$7 million – $8 million | |
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$8 million – $9 million | |
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$9 million – $10 million | |
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$10 million – $11 million | |
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> $11 million |
(2) In relation to the review of the Liquor (Fees) Determination 2010 (No.1) agreed to by the Assembly on 18 November 2010 and due to report no later than 1 October 2011 (a) what timeline will the review follow, (b) will all liquor licensees be consulted; if so, how will they be consulted and how long will they be given to provide input; if not, why not and (c) how will the Liquor Advisory Board be involved in the review
Mr Corbell: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) The answers to questions 5 and 6 in QON 1380 were not incorrect. Rather the variance between them relates to the fact that occupancy loading is not necessarily specified by the applicant or correct at the time an application is made – hence the answer to question 5 shows that the number of applications exceeds the number given in the answer to question 6 for cases where an occupancy loading has been formally determined. I had alluded to this in the comment I provided in my answer to question 6 at the time.
Occupancy loading is a matter that is determined on assessment by the Office of Regulatory Services and the ACT Fire Brigade. Section 252 of the Liquor Act 2010 provides the Commissioner for Fair Trading with up to six months to make a decision on the liquor licence applications received under section 251 of the Act. While more than three quarters of the applications have been determined at this stage, any attempt to quantify the total number of applications by reference to the discrete occupancy loading classifications specified will be incomplete and subject to variation during the transitional period. Likewise full data of the type requested in relation to off licenses will only crystallize once all applications have been processed at the end of the transitional period. This period will come to a close at the end of May 2011 when more complete data will be available.
(2) (a) The review process must be completed by 1 October 2011. The review will examine six months of liquor data from December 2010 to end of May 2011 provided by a government inter-departmental committee, which will meet in April, May and June 2011.
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