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Sale of Liquor Amendment Act 2001

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Term of office of members of Authority

Legislative history

Sale of Liquor Amendment Act 2001

Public Act	2001 No 79
Date of assent	26 September 2001

Note

This Act is administered in the Ministry of Justice

Contents

3 Term of office of members of Authority

The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:

1 Title

(1) This Act is the Sale of Liquor Amendment Act 2001.

(2) In this Act, the Sale of Liquor Act 1989 is called “the principal Act”.

2 Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.

3 Term of office of members of Authority

(1) Section 86 of the principal Act is amended by repealing subsection (1), and substituting the following subsections:
- “(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, a member of the Licensing Authority holds office for a term stated by the Governor-General on his or her appointment. A member may be reappointed.
- “(1A) Except as provided in subsection (1B), the term stated must be 5 years.
- “(1B) The term stated may be less than 5 years if—
  
  “(a) at the time of the appointment concerned—
  
  “(i) 2 or 3 members hold office; and
  
  “(ii) each of them was appointed for a term of 5 years; and
  
  “(b) only 1 member is appointed at that time.”
(2) Subsections (1) and (1B) of section 86 of the principal Act apply to a member of the Licensing Authority holding office immediately before the commencement of this Part as if he or she had been appointed for a term of 5 years.

Legislative history
20 September 2001	Divided from Statutes Amendment Bill (Bill 97-2), third reading
26 September 2001	Royal assent