您好,LS 所说没有错,当时看您的问题有点快,直接把LLA hearing 看漏了,以为是summary offence charge based on S155 Breach of the Sale of Liquor Act 1989, 而忽略了LLA hearing. 一个是刑事罪,另一个是你自己的酒牌申请application. 不过您还是需要确定一下法庭是否有起诉你关于卖liquor 给未成年的罪名。
(1) Every person commits an offence and is liable to the penalty set out in subsection (2A) who, being the licensee or a manager of any licensed premises, sells or supplies any liquor, or allows any liquor to be sold or supplied, on or from the licensed premises to any person who is under the age of 18 years.
(2) Every person commits an offence and is liable to the penalty set out in subsection (2A) who, not being the licensee or a manager of any licensed premises, sells or supplies any liquor, on or from the licensed premises to any person who is under the age of 18 years.
(2A) The penalty is,—
(a) in the case of a licensee,—
(i) a fine not exceeding $10,000; or
(ii) the suspension of the licensee's licence for a period not exceeding 7 days; or
(iii) both:
(b) in the case of a manager, a fine not exceeding $10,000:
(c) in the case of a person (not being a licensee or manager), a fine not exceeding $2,000.
(3) Subsection (2) applies irrespective of any liability that may attach to the licensee or any manager in respect of the same offence.
(4) It is a defence to a charge under subsection (1) or subsection (2) if the defendant proves that the person who sold or supplied the liquor believed on reasonable grounds that the person to whom it was sold or supplied had attained the age of 18 years.
(4A) Without limiting subsection (4), reasonable grounds exist for the purposes of that subsection if the defendant proves that the person who sold or supplied the liquor had, before or at the time of sale or supply, sighted an evidence of age document of the person whose age is material to the offence, indicating that that person was of or over the age of 18 years.
(5) No person shall be guilty of an offence against subsection (1) or subsection (2) by selling or supplying liquor to any person who then supplies it to another person who is under the age of 18 years, unless it is proved that the