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Notice is given under section 80 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 (the Act) that Tauranga City Council wishes to adopt the finalised Local Alcohol Policy (LAP).

Under section 81 of the Act the LAP will be adopted 30 days after the date it is publicly notified. The adopted policy will come into force on 8 July 2024.

The key changes to the LAP are:

• No new bottle stores in areas where the deprivation index is 9 or 10
• A change to the closing time for on-licensed premises in the city centre bars to 2am, instead of the current 3am closing time
• A range of discretionary conditions that can be applied to off-licensed premises. 

Full copies of the finalised LAP are available on Tauranga City Council’s website at Local Alcohol Policy.