14 days after the notice of the refusal, cancellation or suspension (as the case may be) is so given to that person, appeal to the Minister in the prescribed manner; and the Minister’s decision on appeal shall be final.
(7) The decision of the Commissioner or an authorised officer refusing a permit under subsection (1), or cancelling or suspending a person’s permit or the application of the class permit to a person under subsection (4), shall take effect notwithstanding that an appeal against that decision is made to the Minister under subsection (6).
(8) The Minister may designate any Minister of State for his Ministry, or any Parliamentary Secretary to his Ministry, to hear, in his place, any appeal to him under subsection (6).
Guests of permit holder may consume alcohol
6. Notwithstanding section 4, an individual who is a guest of the holder of a permit on or at premises which are owned, occupied or hired by that holder of the permit, may consume alcohol at the invitation of that holder of the permit on or at those premises.
Delivery of alcohol to permit holder
7. Notwithstanding section 4, a person may, at the request of the holder of a permit, supply within the special zone alcohol which is owned by, or ordered under a contract of purchase by, that holder of the permit, for the purpose only of delivering the alcohol to the holder of that permit.
Prohibited item cannot be brought into special zone
8.—(1) A person shall not take a prohibited item into, or possess a prohibited item in, a special zone, unless the person has a permit and does so in accordance with the terms of the permit.
(2) Any person who fails to comply with subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
(3) It shall not be an offence under this section if the person disposes of the prohibited item before entering the special zone.
