The licensing authority can give statements to licensing committees about its views on how the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 is managed. You can think of this as the authority sharing its thoughts on how the law is working. The authority can share its views on things like how the law is administered, what policies should be followed, and any information it has gathered from inquiries or other sources.

The authority cannot give statements about matters that might be appealed against a licensing committee's decision. This means the authority has to be careful about what it says to the committees.

When licensing committees are doing their job under this Act, they must pay attention to every statement the authority gives them, you can find more information about this by looking at the related section.