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Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Sale and supply of alcohol generally - Licensing bodies - Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority

169: Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority

You could also call this:

“The team that helps control how alcohol is sold and used in New Zealand.”

The Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority is a group that exists to make decisions about alcohol. You can think of it like a team that helps control how alcohol is sold and used in New Zealand. This team was already set up by a law called the former licensing Act, and it used to be called the Liquor Licensing Authority.

The Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority is now the official name of this team. It is the same group that was already making decisions about alcohol, but now it has a new name. You can still think of it as the team that helps control how alcohol is sold and used in New Zealand.

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Licensing bodies: Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority

169Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority

  1. This section continues in existence an authority to be called the Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority.

  2. The licensing authority is the body established by section 85(1) of the former licensing Act (and immediately before the commencement of this section called the Liquor Licensing Authority).