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Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Sale and supply of alcohol generally - Licensing bodies - District licensing committees

191: Quorum

You could also call this:

"Minimum number of people needed to make decisions at a meeting"

When you are at a meeting of a district licensing committee, you need 3 members to be there for the meeting to be valid. You can think of this as a minimum number of people required to make decisions. This is called a quorum.

If the committee is meeting to talk about a certain kind of application, like a licence or a manager's certificate, and nobody has objected, then only 1 member needs to be there. This member must be the chairperson, who is like the leader of the committee. The committee can only make decisions about these applications if they follow the rules outlined in section 103, section 129, or section 141.

The kinds of applications that need only 1 member, who is the chairperson, include when someone wants a new licence, a manager's certificate, or to renew a licence or certificate.

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Part 2Sale and supply of alcohol generally
Licensing bodies: District licensing committees

191Quorum

  1. Except as provided in subsection (2), at any meeting of a licensing committee, the quorum necessary is 3 members.

  2. At a meeting to consider and determine an application of a kind listed in subsection (3) where no objection has been filed and no matters of opposition have been raised under section 103, 129, or 141, the quorum necessary is 1 member who must be the chairperson.

  3. The applications are:

  4. an application for a licence:
    1. an application for a manager's certificate:
      1. an application for renewal of a licence or manager's certificate.