ARTICLE JOHN WARD
Northern District Licensing continues to liaise with Licensees in the north of the state on issues of responsible service of liquor. Of note, licensing personnel conducted a joint operation with Liquor and Gaming on the 10 of August 2018 at a number of Licensed Premises in Launceston where no major issues were detected. Northern Police would therefore like to take this opportunity to congratulate all northern district licensees with their responsible service of liquor over the first half of this financial year. All major incidents in the Northern District are down compared to last year except for public place assaults which have seen a slight increase. Any public place assault is always of concern, statistics shows that alcohol and drugs have been a contributing factor in this increase. Tasmania Police are always thinking of new ideas to address this issue and believe that a joint approach would be of great benefit. Therefore we would like to remind Licensees of their obligations under section 79D of the Liquor Licensing Act 1990 79D of the Liquor Licensing Act 1990 which prohibits behaviour and language such as A person must not, on licensed premises or permit premises – (a) act in a violent, quarrelsome or disorderly manner; or (b) use disgusting, profane or foul language. It is the responsibility of a licensee acting under the authority of Section 80 of the Act to remove these persons; (1) A person must leave licensed premises when required to do so by– (a) the licensee or a person acting with the authority of the licensee.
Licensees should also be mindful that they now can issue barring orders under section 81 of the act which gives them the ability to deal with persons who have been removed from their premises. 81. Barring orders (1) In this section – barred person means a person on or to whom an order under subsection (2) or (4) is served or given; (2) A licensee, a person acting with the authority of the licensee, or a permit holder, may by order in writing served on a person, bar that person from entering or remaining on the licensed premises or permit premises for a specified period not exceeding 6 months – (a) if the barred person is intoxicated or acting in a violent or quarrelsome manner on the licensed premises or permit premises; or (b) if the licensee, person acting with the authority of the licensee, or permit holder, reasonably believes that the safety of the barred person or any other person on the licensed premises or permit premises is at risk because of the behaviour of the barred person as a result of his or her consumption of liquor; or (c) on any other reasonable ground. (3) An order served under subsection (2) must be in a form approved by the Commissioner. If licensees wish to discuss the issuing of barring orders with Northern District Licensing personnel Sergeant Ivan Radosavljevic can be contacted on (03)67773732 or ivan.radosavljevic@police.tas.gov.au
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