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Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Sale and supply of alcohol generally - Local alcohol policies

82: Territorial authority may discontinue development of local alcohol policy

You could also call this:

"A council can stop making a local alcohol policy at any time before it's finished."

A territorial authority can stop working on a local alcohol policy at any time before it is adopted. You need to know that this can happen before the policy is finalised. The territorial authority has the power to discontinue the development of the policy.

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Part 2Sale and supply of alcohol generally
Local alcohol policies

82Territorial authority may discontinue development of local alcohol policy

  1. A territorial authority may discontinue the development of a local alcohol policy at any time before it is adopted.

Notes
  • Section 82: replaced, on , by section 7 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Community Participation) Amendment Act 2023 (2023 No 60).