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Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Sale and supply of alcohol generally - Local alcohol policies

93: Relationship of local alcohol policies and district plans

You could also call this:

"How local alcohol rules and district plans work together"

A local alcohol policy can have rules that are stricter than the relevant district plan. You need to know that a district plan is a document that outlines how a district should be developed and used. A local alcohol policy cannot allow something that is forbidden by the district plan.

A local alcohol policy and a district plan are two separate documents that work together. You can find more information about district plans in the Resource Management Act. The rules in a local alcohol policy must follow the rules in the district plan.

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Part 2Sale and supply of alcohol generally
Local alcohol policies

93Relationship of local alcohol policies and district plans

  1. A local alcohol policy may contain a policy more restrictive than the relevant district plan.

  2. A local alcohol policy does not authorise any thing forbidden by the relevant district plan.

Notes
  • Section 93 heading: amended, on , by section 6 of the Resource Management (Natural and Built Environment and Spatial Planning Repeal and Interim Fast-track Consenting) Act 2023 (2023 No 68).
  • Section 93(1): amended, on , by section 6 of the Resource Management (Natural and Built Environment and Spatial Planning Repeal and Interim Fast-track Consenting) Act 2023 (2023 No 68).
  • Section 93(2): amended, on , by section 6 of the Resource Management (Natural and Built Environment and Spatial Planning Repeal and Interim Fast-track Consenting) Act 2023 (2023 No 68).