New Zealand Legislation: Acts

1A Purpose

• The purpose of this Act is to—

  • (a) provide for the establishment of an Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand having as its primary objective the encouragement and promotion of moderation in the use of liquor, the discouragement and reduction of the misuse of liquor, and the minimisation of the personal, social, and economic harm resulting from the misuse of liquor; and

  • (b) define the Council's functions and powers; and

  • (c) make provision for the funding of the Council's activities by means of a levy on liquor imported into, or manufactured in, New Zealand.

  Section 1A: inserted, on 20 August 2000, by section 5 of the Alcohol Advisory Council Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No 25).