4. Customs and Trade

​B.  Retail Trade

i.  Legislation

​New South Wales:
Retail Trading Act 2008 (NSW) amended by the COVID-19 Legislation Amendment (Emergency Measures) Act 2020 (NSW).
 
Made under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW):  
Made under the Liquor Act 2007 (NSW): ​
Queensland:
Made under the Public Health Act 2005 (Qld): ​
Tasmania:
Made under the COVID-19 Disease Emergency (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Tas):
Western Australia:
Made under the Liquor Control Act 1988 (WA):
Australian Capital Territory:
Made under the Liquor Act 2010 (ACT):
  • Liquor Regulation 2010 amended by the Liquor Amendment Regulation 2020 (No 2): as noted in the Explanatory Statement, "[i]n order to slow the spread of COVID-19, clubs and other licensed premises will not be able to open and provide their normal services to the community. While this is necessary from a public health perspective, it will have a financial impact on the club industry and other licensed businesses. This amendment regulation supports the ability of the  Government to implement fee waivers to assist in mitigating those impacts".

Made under the Liquor Regulation 2010 (ACT):
Northern Territory:
Liquor Act 2019 (NT), amended by the Liquor Amendment Act 2020 (NT).
 
​ii.  Case law

​This is an area of substantive law that is very likely to result in case law. As of the last update, we are not aware of any relevant decision of a superior court in this area.