Application for New or Renewal of On-Licence: Notes

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Processing times over the Christmas / New Year Period

Please note more time is required to process licence applications over the Christmas / New Year period. This is because working days include the period 20 December and 15 January under the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.

Please ensure you get your renewal application in as soon as possible if your renewal is due between this period. You can continue to work even if your certificate isn’t renewed in time as long as the renewal application has been submitted and paid for. Please expect delays through December 2023 and January 2024.

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Please Note: To complete the application you will need to answer all questions, supply all requested documentation and make payment of the prescribed fee in full. If you have any questions or need assistance please contact our Liquor Licencing Inspector on 06 835 7579.

Before you apply for an alcohol on-licence, please note the following:

a)	You will be required to contact the Resource Consents team and the Building consents team on 06 835 7579 prior to completing this application to ensure your business is a permitted activity within the location you wish to operate from.

b)	If at any point you have a question regarding this application, please call the Liquor Licensing Inspector on 06 835 7579 to discuss your application.

c)	You will also be required to obtain Building and Planning Certificates and the fee for these certificates will be included in this application.

d)	You will also require Food Act 2014 registration to ensure food is available when serving alcohol. Please contact the Environmental Health Officers on 06 835 7579 to discuss the requirements.

Please ensure the following documents accompany your On-Licence application

a)	If the applicant is not the owner of the premises or conveyance, written consent from the owner to the effect that the owner has no objection to a licence being granted

b)	A copy of all menus, food and drinks list

c)	A copy of the Certificate of Incorporation (if applicable)

d)	Good quality scale plans of the premises or conveyance that clearly shows the following:

	i)	The design and layout of the premises
	ii)	The principle entrance
	iii)	Any designated areas must also be clearly highlighted

e)	A photo of the exterior of the premises showing the principal entrance

f)	A copy of your host responsibility policy and alcohol management plan. Details of how the matters described in the policy will be implemented must be included

g)	If you are using an alcohol licensing consultant, a letter authorising your consultant to act on your behalf

h)	A copy of Fire Safety Report (NZBC C1-C6) noting the safe maximum occupancy number for the premises

i)	The initial annual fee must be paid before the licence is issued

j)	A copy of a Resource Management Certificate and Building Code (or Interim Building Code) Certificate is required

To the Secretary, Napier District Licensing Committee:

Application for *

A new on-licence is made in accordance with the details below, or

Renewal of an on-licence under the same conditions is made in accordance with the details below, or

Renewal of an on-licence with changes sought to the existing conditions is made in accordance with the details below.

Select your premises type and trading hours to determine the applicable fee

Council reserves the right to amend the fee based on the type of application to ensure the appropriate fee has been charged.

Select the type of business *

Class 1: Restaurant, night club, tavern, adult premises (Class 1 restaurant means a restaurant with significant seperate bar area which, in the opinion of the DLC, operates that bar at least one night a week in the nature of a tavern)

Class 2: Restaurant, hotel, function centre (Class 2 restaurant means a restaurant that has a seperate bar area, which may include a small bar area, but which in the opinion of the DLC, does not operate that area in the nature of a tavern at any time)

Class 3: Restaurant, other premises not otherwise specified (Class 3 restaurant means a restaurant that only serves alcohol to tables and does not have a separate bar)

BYO: Restaurants, theatres, winery cellar doors

The new Local Alcohol Policy (LAP) maximum trading hours are:

* Tavern/Bar/Nightclub - 8.00am to 3.00am the following day
* Cafes/Restaurants/Wineries/Function Centres - 8.00am to 2.00am the following day.

Latest trading time authorised by licence *

2:00am or earlier

2:01am to 3:00am

Identify the number of enforcement/holdings within the last 18 months * HelpText

None

2 or more

A holding is a conviction for any offence prescribed within section 288 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012, or a conviction for any equivalent offence under the Sale of Liquor Act 1989.

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Processing times over the Christmas / New Year Period

Please ensure the following documents accompany your On-Licence application

Select your premises type and trading hours to determine the applicable fee