Wed 24 Mar 2010 In: New Zealand Daily News View at Wayback View at NDHA
Police are pushing for the trading hours of licensed premises to be cut. In a submission to the Law Commission on the reform of liquor laws, police say alcohol is the drug that most impacts on offending and victimisation in New Zealand and therefore causes the most problems for police and the public. They say at least a third of all recorded offences are committed by an offender who consumed alcohol. Along with reduced trading hours for licensed premises, police would like the ability to put wider conditions on licensed premises "for the purposes of reducing alcohol-related harm". The police submission also calls for an increase in the purchase age, wider grounds to refuse liquor licences and greater ability to deal with problem premises. Law Commission president Sir Geoffrey Palmer will make recommendations to the Government next month. So far the commission has received nearly 3,000 submissions.
Credit: GayNZ.com Daily News Staff
First published: Wednesday, 24th March 2010 - 9:14am