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Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Sale and supply of alcohol generally - Licensing process: on-licences, off-licences, and club licences - Applications for licences

100: Form of application

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When you apply for a licence, you must do it in your own name or your club's name. You have to use the correct form and follow the right steps. Your application must include all the necessary details. If your application is about a specific place, you need to say that the building owner has a plan to get people out safely, as required by section 76 of the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017, or that they do not need to have one. You must also pay the required fee and, in most cases, get a certificate from the local council saying your plans meet the requirements of the Resource Management Act 1991 and the building code.

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Part 2Sale and supply of alcohol generally
Licensing process: on-licences, off-licences, and club licences: Applications for licences

100Form of application

  1. An application for a licence—

  2. must be made in the name of the person or club who will hold it if the application is granted; and
    1. must be made in the prescribed form and manner; and
      1. must contain the prescribed particulars; and
        1. if it relates to any premises, must be accompanied by a statement by the applicant that—
          1. the owner of the building in which the premises are situated provides and maintains an evacuation scheme as required by section 76 of the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017; or
            1. because of the building's current use, its owner is not required to provide and maintain such a scheme; or
              1. because of the nature of the building, its owner is exempt from the requirement to provide and maintain such a scheme; and
              2. must be accompanied by the prescribed fee; and
                1. except in the case of an application relating to a conveyance, must be accompanied by a certificate by the territorial authority that the proposed use of the premises meets requirements of the Resource Management Act 1991 and of the building code.

                  Notes
                  • Section 100(d)(i): amended, on , by section 197 of the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017 (2017 No 17).
                  • Section 100(f): 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).