Trespass (Specified Retail Premises and Other Matters) Amendment Bill
This bill changes the rules around trespass warnings for shops, cafes, bars, and similar places. It lets business owners ban someone from multiple locations at once, not just one store. It extends the maximum ban period from 2 to 3 years. It also makes it harder for people to dodge a warning by refusing to listen, raises the fines for breaking bans or refusing to give your name, and sets automatic default rules when a warning is incomplete.
What this affects
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The bill gives shops and other retail businesses stronger legal tools to ban people who cause trouble, making it easier to enforce those bans and raising the fines for breaking them.
creates a new bespoke power for occupiers of retail, food service, and licensed premises (specified retail premises) to trespass a person from multiple locations at once
A person is deemed to have been given a warning … if the person intentionally refuses to accept the warning; or the person knew, or ought to have known, that they were being given a warning but intentionally obstructed or prevented the warning from being given
increase the maximum penalty for an offence against section 3, section 4, 4A, 4B, or 12, to a fine not exceeding $2,000
increase the maximum penalty for an offence against section 9 (refusing to give identifying information) from a fine not exceeding $500 to $1,000
Progress through Parliament
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This bill is open for public submissions to the Justice Committee. Anyone can tell the committee what they think, and you don’t need to be an expert. Submissions close 4 May 2026.
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