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The PEP laws give WA Police the power to issue short-term Exclusion Orders for up to six months to a person who displays anti-social, violent or threatening behaviour in the prescribed precincts of Perth-Northbridge, Fremantle, Scarborough, Hillarys or Mandurah.

The Commissioner of Police may also apply to the Director of Liquor Licensing for Extended Exclusion Orders resulting in five-year bans, while people convicted of specified offences in a public place within a PEP face a mandatory ban of five years. This behaviour includes offences of a sexual nature as well as drink spiking.

People who breach a mandatory exclusion period face a penalty of up to five years’ jail and a $12,000 fine. The ban period will not include any time spent in jail.

Since the Liquor Control (Protected Entertainment Precincts) Amendment Act 2022 came into effect on Christmas Eve 2022, WA Police have issued 62 short-term exclusion orders of which 34 remain active, the Director of Liquor licensing has issued two extended exclusion orders and there are 18 excluded offenders. According to police, of the 62 short-term exclusion orders issued, 56 related to offending in Perth-Northbridge, 2 in Mandurah, 2 in Hillarys and 2 in Fremantle.

The legislation was named in honour of Guiseppe ‘Pep’ Raco who died after a one-punch attack by a stranger in Northbridge in July 2020. His wife Enza and family worked closely with the Government in developing the tougher new laws, together with WA Police and relevant local government authorities.