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Draft Alcohol Licensing Fees Bylaw

We are proposing a bylaw to set our own alcohol licensing fees. This means we would have the option to change how alcohol licensing is funded in Tauranga.

Consultation has now closed.

Consultation ran from Friday, 31 January, to 5pm, Friday, 7 March 2025.

We are now collating all responses to the survey questions and preparing a paper to go in front of elected members at an upcoming Council meeting.

Council is responsible for administering the licensing functions of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 (the Act). This includes:

  • appointing and supporting the District Licensing Committee (DLC), made up of members of the community.
  • receiving and processing licence applications and managers’ certificates for DLC decision making.
  • preparing material for the DLC to meet their reporting requirements to the Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority (ARLA)
  • monitoring and compliance assessments of all licenses and certified managers – including inspections of premises and providing education to licensees.

Our alcohol fees are set under the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Fees) Regulations 2013 and have not changed since they were first set in 2013. While the fees have stayed the same, the cost of alcohol licensing have increased. This means Tauranga ratepayers are now contributing about 60% (approximately $755,000) towards the cost of alcohol licensing. The legislation allows Council’s to set their own fee to recover the costs of alcohol licensing but a bylaw is needed for this to occur.

If a bylaw was in place we would have the ability to increase our licensing application and annual fees, so that we can reduce some or all of the costs from ratepayers. We want to know what you think.

 

Key information

Project type
Community
Health and wellbeing
Policies and bylaws

Status
Planning

Neighbourhood
Citywide

Key dates

  • Period for feedback opens

    31 January 2025
  • Period for feedback closes

    7 March 2025
  • Hearings

    mid-March 2025
  • Decisions on feedback

    mid-April 2025
  • Potential Bylaw adoption

    mid 2025

Who's listening

Policy Team
Tauranga City Council

policy@tauranga.govt.nz 
07 577 7000

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