Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

LIQUOR (AMENDMENT) ACT 1990 (NO. 50 OF 1990) - SECT 53

53. Section 80 of the Principal Act is amended—

    (a)     by inserting in subsection (1) “supply of” after “sale or”;

    (b)     by adding at the foot of subsection (1) the following penalty:

“Penalty: $2,000.”; and

    (c)     by omitting from subsection (2) all the words after “defendant” (first occurring) and substituting—

“proves that—

        (a)     the person to whom the liquor was sold or supplied was not less than 16 years of age;

        (b)     the defendant took reasonable measures to determine the age of that person; and

        (c)     the defendant had reasonable grounds for believing that the person was not less than 18 years of age.”;

    (d)     by inserting in subsection (3) “or supply” after “sell”; and

    (e)     by inserting in subsection (3) “or her” after “his”.