Hauraki District Council Discussion Group 24 May 2013 Charan Mischewski- Policy Analyst.
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Transcript of Hauraki District Council Discussion Group 24 May 2013 Charan Mischewski- Policy Analyst.
Local Alcohol Policy Development and
ResearchHauraki District Council Discussion Group
24 May 2013Charan Mischewski- Policy Analyst
A set of policy criteria and decisions made by Council and the community about the sale and supply of alcohol in the Hauraki District
Decision makers must take LAP into consideration when making decisions
Help decision makers better meet the Object of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act, 2012
What is a Local Alcohol Policy (LAP)?
“the sale, supply, and consumption of alcohol should be undertaken safely and responsibly; and the harm caused by the excessive or inappropriate consumption of alcohol should be minimised”
Goal of LAP is to reduce alcohol related harm
The Object of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act (The Act)
Must develop draft LAP in consultation with Police, licensing inspectors and Medical Officers of Health
When drafting LAP Council must “have regard to” – specific list of matters in section 78(2) of the ActDistrict Plan, number and location of licensed premises in
the District, liquor ban areas, the District residents and visitors, and the nature and severity of alcohol-related problems arising in the District.
Drafting a LAP
The cumulative findings of research indicate that in New Zealand about half of drinkers under 25 years, and about 25 % of all adult drinkers, drink large quantities when they drink.
The Ministry of Health defines ‘a large amount of drinking’ for a man as more than six standard drinks in one session, and for a woman, as more than four standard drinks in one session
Research Literature Review
Connection between liquor outlet density and harm and neighbourhood degradation
Density of off-licensed premises more likely to lead to price cutting and prevalence of ‘pre-loading’
Longer trading hours The risk of violence increases strongly with
heavy drinkers
Literature Review Continued...
64 liquor licenses issued in the Hauraki District
Paeroa has 35.9% (29)of all licenses in the District and Waihi has 25% (16)
Same number of on-licenses but Paeroa has nearly double the number of off-licenses than Waihi
The Hauraki District has a population of approximately 18,750 but has a greater number of off-licenses than other similar sized Districts in the WDHB region
Liquor Licenses
Social deprivation and location of licensed premises
Number of off-licence liquor outlets in Hauraki District by NZDep06 score
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16
1 - 2 3 - 4 5 - 6 7 - 8 9 - 10
NZDep06 score
Num
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Most common place for offenders to have consumed there last drink in the District is at a residence or in public
Apart from ‘miscellaneous’ the least common place for offenders to have consumed their last drink is at a licensed premises
Hauraki District has higher average of dwelling assaults per 10,000 population than national average
Alcohol related Crime
1476 Alcohol-related offences
15
671
306013
678
Alcohol Related Crime in the Hauraki District 2007-2012
123456
Sale of Liquor
Drink Driving
Series A Driving
Liquor Ban
>18 Liquor Ban
Other (Assault/ theft/robbery)
location of licensed premises referencing broad areas
proximity to premises of a particular kind proximity to facilities whether more licences or kinds of licences are to be
issued in an area maximum trading hours discretionary conditions one-way door restrictions must NOT include matters not relating to licensing
i.e. legal age limit
What can be included in a LAP?
'Facilities' is not defined in the Act. limits on the location of licensed premises
by reference to their proximity to education facilities such as early childhood centres, kindergartens, schools or tertiary education establishments, places of worship, sports facilities, community centres or any other facilities as defined by Council
Proximity to Facilities
Default maximum national trading hours-On-licence or Club licence: 8am on any day and 4am on the next dayOff-licence: are the hours between 7am and 11pm on the same day
Trading hours‣Under previous Council Policy-On and Off-licensed premises trading hours: 7am to 1am the following day unless in close proximity to a residential dwelling.Club licence: 8am to 1am the following day.
During the hours of the restriction no person is to be admitted (or re-admitted) into the premises unless he or she is an exempt person; andno person who has been admitted (or re-admitted) into the premises while the restriction applies is to be sold or supplied with alcohol stop migration from one licensed premises to
another
One-way door restriction
439 surveys returned to Council 58% of Paeroa respondents think there are far too
many off-licensed premises in Paeroa, whereas 63% think there are about the right number of on-licensed premises
Majority of respondents believe licensed premises should not be able to sell alcohol until 10am or later
85% - 86% agreed premises which sell alcohol should be restricted from opening near community facilities
80 % support one-way door policies
LAP Questionnaire Results
Decision makers must “have regard to” LAP when deciding to issue or renew a licence BUT for renewalsmust not take into account inconsistency with LAP
when deciding whether or not to renew may impose conditionsOne way door policies and new trading hours will
apply Changes to one-way door policies and trading
hours take effect 3 months after LAP adoption
What does this mean for licencees?
Council will ask for submissions to the draft LAP during the 30 day submission period in July
Council will hold a Hearing of Submissions After the Hearing Council may make changes to the
draft LAP After 18 December 2013 Council can give public
notice of a provisional policy (it is then open to appeal)
Provisional policy “adopted” 30 days after publically notified (or after any appeals resolved)
=Active LAP
Adoption of a LAP by Council
Earliest a LAP can come into effect is January 18 2014
Council want your input into the policy-making process
Where does that leave us today?