Sale of Liquor Regulations 1990

8 Application for off-licence

• (1) An application for an off-licence shall be in form 6.

  (2) Every application for a off-licence shall be accompanied by the following:

  • (a) Three copies of the application:

  • (b) (Where the applicant is incorporated) A copy of the certificate of incorporation or other documentary evidence of its incorporation:

  • (c) (Where the applicant is a company) A copy of the memorandum of association or other documentary evidence of its authority to sell liquor or to hold a licence under the Act

  • (d) (where the applicant is a board, organisation, or body to which section 30(1)(bb) of the Act applies) a reference to the Act under which the applicant is authorised to sell liquor or hold an off-licence under the Act:

  • (e) (Where the applicant is a manager acting for any person pursuant to a property order made under the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988) A copy of the property order:

  • (f) (Where the applicant is a club) Evidence that the club—

    • (i) Held a charter under section 164 of the Sale of Liquor Act 1962 immediately before the 1st day of April 1990; or

    • (ii) Holds a club licence under the Sale of Liquor Act 1989,—

    and is not a sports club:

  • (g) (Where the application relates to a hotel or tavern) A reference to the number of the on-licence held by the applicant in respect of the hotel or tavern:

  • (h) (Where the application relates to premises in which the principal business is the manufacture or sale of liquor) Particulars of the principal business conducted on the premises, and (where that principal business is wine making) the number of the licence held under the Wine Makers Act 1981:

  • (i) (Where the application relates to a supermarket) Particulars of the floor area of the supermarket, including any separate departments set aside for such foodstuffs as fresh meat, fresh fruit and vegetables, and delicatessen items:

  • (j) (where the application relates to a grocery store) particulars of the principal business of the store, including evidence and certified accounts showing the percentage of turnover that is derived from the sale of main order household foodstuffs:

  • (k) (Where the application is made in reliance on section 36(2)(a) of the Act) Evidence to show that the sale of liquor in premises of a kind described in paragraph (c) or paragraph (d) of section 36(1) of the Act would not be economic:

  • (l) (Where the application is made in reliance on section 36(2)(b) of the Act) Particulars of the kind of goods sold in the premises to which it is claimed the sale of liquor would be complementary:

  • (m) (Where the application is made by the holder of an auctioneer's licence) The number of the licence held under the Auctioneers' Act 1928:

  • (ma) (where the application relates to the business of a caterer) evidence to show that the applicant is or will be conducting the business of a caterer, including the frequency and types of functions that are or are proposed to be catered for:

  • (n) A photograph of the exterior of the premises or an artist's impression of the exterior of the proposed premises as they will look when they are finished:

  • (o) A map, or a copy of a map or of a portion of a map, showing the location of the premises:

  • (p) A scale plan showing—

    • (i) Those parts of the premises that are to be used for the sale or supply of liquor; and

    • (ii) Those parts of the premises (if any) that the applicant intends should be designated as restricted areas or as supervised areas; and

    • (iii) (Except where the applicant is a club) Each entrance to the premises that the applicant intends should be designated as a principal entrance:

  • (q) (Where the applicant is not the owner of the premises) A written statement from the owner to the effect that the owner has no objection to the grant of the licence:

  • (r) A certificate by the local authority that the proposed use of the premises meets town planning requirements:

  • (s) The prescribed fee.

  Subclause (2)(c) was amended, as from 1 April 2000, by regulation 10(1) Sale of Liquor Amendment Regulations 2000 (SR 2000/16) by omitting the words “or under the provisions of any previous enactment relating to the sale of liquor”.

  Subclause (2)(d) was substituted, as from 1 April 2000, by regulation 10(2) Sale of Liquor Amendment Regulations 2000 (SR 2000/16).

  Subclause (2)(j) was substituted, as from 1 April 2000, by regulation 10(3) Sale of Liquor Amendment Regulations 2000 (SR 2000/16).

  Subclause (2)(ma) was inserted, as from 1 April 2000, by regulation 10(4) Sale of Liquor Amendment Regulations 2000 (SR 2000/16).