(2) An application referred to in subsection (1) must be made by or on behalf of the event organiser within such time as may be prescribed before the event concerned.
(3) The Commissioner or authorised officer must not grant a consumption permit for an event held or to be held at a public place if the Commissioner or authorised officer is satisfied that the consumption of liquor at the event—
- (a) may occasion public disorder, create a public nuisance, or cause damage to any public or private property at or within the vicinity of the public place; or
- (b) may threaten the safety of any person or cause feelings of enmity, hatred, ill-will or hostility between persons.
(4) In granting a consumption permit for liquor to be consumed at an event held in a public place, the Commissioner or authorised officer may impose an obligation on the event organiser of the event to ensure compliance by the persons taking part in the event with the terms and conditions of the permit.
(5) The Commissioner or an authorised officer may, at time after the grant of a consumption permit, and without compensation—
- (a) remove or modify any term or condition imposed on the consumption permit at the time of its grant; or
- (b) add any new term or condition to the consumption permit.
(6) The Commissioner or an authorised officer may, without compensation, suspend or cancel any consumption permit if the Commissioner or authorised officer is satisfied that the permit holder concerned has failed or is failing to comply, or has failed to take reasonable steps to ensure compliance, with any term or condition of the consumption permit.
(7) The Commissioner or authorised officer must, before proceeding under subsection (5) or (6), give the permit holder concerned—
- (a) notice in writing of the Commissioner's or authorised officer's intention to so proceed; and
- (b) an opportunity to be heard, within a reasonable time specified in the notice, as to why the removal, modification, addition,
