Good Friday..........again!!!

[AndyS]

If you're only bringing a six pack you better have a bottle of Bundy's to chase it with!

If it were to become a pre-match activity amongst the fans and everyone is on their own recognisance for not being refused entry, then sure. I was thinking about a one time event with Force involvement (for ground access, activities, etc) specifically designed to get around the Good Friday issue and probably requiring them to be some sort of responsible for avoiding excessive pissiness.

But if we thought we could pull off a fans-only "tailgate" local to the ground, I wonder what laws would apply. It would imagine it would effectively be a picnic, so what laws would govern consumption of food and alcohol?

[brokendown gunfighter]

if the carpark is designated as a public place drinking alcohol would be illegal

[Darren]

Section 119 of teh Liquor Licensing Act

119 Limitations as to liquor on unlicensed premises etc

(1) A person who consumes liquor in any place or on any premises, including any park or reserve, without the consent of the occupier, or of the person or authority having control, of that place or those premises commits an offence.

Penalty: $2 000.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), a person who:

(a) brings liquor into;
(b) has in his or her possession or control any liquor in; or
(c) consumes liquor in;

any sports ground or stadium, whether or not enclosed or fenced, during a period commencing one hour before and ending one half‑hour after the holding or conduct of any event, including any sport or game, for public exhibition, commits an offence.

Penalty: $2 000.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to or in relation to:

(a) an event in which the participants take part for their own recreation and not by way of public exhibition;
(b) liquor the possession and sale of which is authorised by a licence or permit under this Act;
(c) persons attending a private function, not open to the public, at which liquor is supplied without charge; or
(d) any area within the ground or stadium to which the public is not permitted to have access, in so far as the consumption of liquor there is with the consent of the person or authority having control of that area.

(4) Except where the supply of that liquor was authorised by a licence or permit under this Act and the place where the liquor is consumed is for the time being a place to which that licence or permit applies, a person who consumes liquor:

(a) on any road, within the meaning of the Road Traffic Act 1974; or
(b) within 400 metres of any public hall during the conduct of any entertainment in that hall to which the public is permitted to have access; or
(c) in any place or on any premises to which the public is permitted to have access, whether on payment of a charge or otherwise, which is a place or premises prescribed for the purposes of this subsection;

commits an offence.

Penalty: $2 000.

[Darren]

4(c) kinda kills car park drinking

[LarryNJ]

Wow! Some huge fines!

It's BS..some places enforce it here mostly because they want you to buy the $8.00 beers and $6.00 hot dogs inside the stadium. Luckily though most places let you have some fun and don't enforce the law. It's crazy that we still have all these antiquated laws on the books that they want to try an enforce. It's 2009 not 1909.

[AndyS]

4(c) kinda kills car park drinking

Not necessarily, otherwise everything before it was moot. Depends what a "prescribed" premises is, but a stadium was specifically addressed by (2) and (3). Nonetheless, I'd read is as:

• Under (1), if we used a local park we'd probably need council approval - possible, but perhaps not likely.
• Under (2), we could use the stadium up to an hour before the match (but would obviously need to be let in and therefore require buy-in from the Force or council) - hard to see how that would work with the one hour limit.
• But we could do it as a private function under (3), but would again need Force buy-in - again, all a bit hard controlling the "private" bit.

So yeah, pretty much stuffed.

[GIGS20]

3 (c) works for me, Force hold a member's function and gives away free pi$$

[jargan83]

Makes me wish I still lived in East Perth

[Action Hardcore]

Just mix up some alcoholic protein shakes, think outside of the box dude men and maybe then i'll reveal my true identity...!?!

[Burgs]

Vodka in Masters Ice Coffee is a handy party week 3rd-7th day starter, perhaps an opportunity there...

[AndyS]

3 (c) works for me, Force hold a member's function and gives away free pi$$

Sweet, so it's decided.....you're talking to them about the tickets Coach, you want to let them know?

[Darren]

I'll see what I can do

[TommyM]

I'll be back in Perth for this game- arrive just in time for it and hoping to get along. I'd forgotten how Middle ages Perth drinking laws are... :-( Is nothing afoot to shake the Dullsvile tag? Last time I was back there seemed to be some new late night bars open in the vity which was promising. Nothing doing with relaxing street drinking laws, shopping hours??

[shasta]

I'd forgotten how Middle ages Perth drinking laws are...

I saw a travel doco the other day and they were in Kiev. They had little street stalls that sell draft beer cheap, right there on the footpath. Now that's what I call progressive.

[normie]

geez,EastPerth will be like Canberra on a Saturday!

Excellent!!! I'll be able to get a decent kebab and a beer!

---------- Post added at 16:51 ---------- Previous post was at 16:44 ----------

Geez your tough Stone Cold... as its the only day the christians get a break from drinking....

er its only a break from drinking at a licensed venue Muddie- you can still (legally) drink at home.... or (illegally) anywhere else if you supply your own beverage.

---------- Post added at 16:51 ---------- Previous post was at 16:51 ----------

Geez your tough Stone Cold... as its the only day the christians get a break from drinking....

er its only a break from drinking at a licensed venue Muddie- you can still (legally) drink at home.... or (illegally) anywhere else if you supply your own beverage.


Crikey!!! A gratuitous de ja vu event!