Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

LIQUOR AMENDMENT ACT 2017 (NO. 13 OF 2017) - SECT 33

in division 2.5, insert

46A     Licence—immediate suspension for failure to pay fee

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     the commissioner gives a licensee a written notice to pay a fee payable under this Act; and

        (b)     the licensee fails to pay the fee within 7 days after the day the notice is given.

    (2)     The commissioner may give the licensee a written notice (the immediate suspension notice ) suspending the licence.

    (3)     The suspension takes effect when the immediate suspension notice is given to the licensee.

    (4)     The suspension ends when the fee is paid.

Note     A failure to pay a fee within 28 days after the day an immediate suspension notice is given is a ground to cancel a licence (see s 183 (3)).