BackThe Office of the Ombudsman of Western Australia will commence a major new function to monitor the operation of the Liquor Control Amendment (Protected Entertainment Precincts) Act 2022.
Chris Field, President of the International Ombudsman Institute and Western Australian Ombudsman said:
“With the passage of the Liquor Control Amendment (Protected Entertainment Precincts) Act 2022, Protected Entertainment Precincts (PEPs) are to be in place by the end of 2022. PEPs are named in honour of Giuseppe 'Pep' Raco, the victim of an unprovoked one-punch attack in Northbridge in July 2020”.
“The office of the Western Australian Ombudsman has been given a new function to monitor and keep under scrutiny the new law and must prepare a report, to be tabled in Parliament, on the operation of the law in three years. The report must indicate if our office has identified any group in the community that is particularly affected by the operation of the law and include a review of the impact of the operation of the law on any such identified group. Our report may also include recommendations about amendments that might appropriately be made to the law”.
Source: The Office of the Western Australian Ombudsman, Australia
