E-Alert: Liquor Licensing Update - ID scanners now compulsory in Queensland

On 1 July 2017, new provisions of the Liquor Act commenced which require many licensees to scan the IDs of their patrons who enter the Premises after 10pm. The scanning equipment will cross-check the patrons ID against a government-maintained database to determine whether the patron is subject to a banning order.

Which Licensees are affected?

Unless premises are of an exempt class, the new regime applies to premises:

1. which are located in any of the State's 15 Safe Night Precincts; and
2. where the licensee is authorised under an extended trading hours approval to sell or supply liquor on the premises during all or any part of the period between midnight and 5a.m.

Which patrons are exempt?