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Licensing trusts, community trusts, and other matters - Licensing trusts - Establishment of licensing trusts

300: Licensing trust established by Order in Council

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"The Governor-General can create a special group to manage alcohol sales in an area by a special order."

The Governor-General can create a licensing trust for an area by Order in Council. You need to know that this can only happen if the area does not overlap with another licensing trust's district. The Order in Council can decide things like the trust's name, the area it covers, and how many members it has. It can also decide how many members are needed for a meeting and divide the area into smaller parts for elections.

When the Order in Council is made, it must set a date for the first election of trust members. It must also choose a person to chair the first meeting where the president of the trust is elected. The boundaries of the trust's area and smaller parts must match the statistical areas used by Statistics New Zealand.

An Order in Council is a type of secondary legislation, and if you want to know more about publication requirements, you can look at Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Licensing trusts: Establishment of licensing trusts

300Licensing trust established by Order in Council

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, establish a licensing trust for any area if that area does not overlap (wholly or partly) the district of any other licensing trust.

  2. The Order in Council may do all or any of the following things in relation to the licensing trust:

  3. prescribe its name:
    1. define its district in accordance with subsection (4):
      1. prescribe the number of members:
        1. prescribe the number of members for a quorum at a meeting of the trust:
          1. divide (in accordance with subsection (4)) the district of the trust into wards for the election of members, and prescribe the names and boundaries of the ward and the number of members for each ward:
            1. make any other necessary provision for establishing the trust in accordance with this Part.

              1. The Order in Council must—

              2. appoint the date for the first election of the members of the trust; and
                1. nominate a person to chair the first meeting of the members for the election of the president of the trust.

                  1. The boundaries of the licensing trust district and any wards must coincide with the boundaries of the current statistical meshblock areas determined by Statistics New Zealand and used for parliamentary electoral purposes.

                  2. An order under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

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                  • Section 300(5): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).