New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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(1) In pursuing its primary objective, the Council has the following functions:
(a) to encourage, promote, sponsor, and co-operate in research into—
(i) the use of liquor in New Zealand:
(ii) public attitudes in New Zealand towards the use of liquor:
(iii) problems associated with or consequent on the misuse of liquor in New Zealand:
(iv) means of minimising the harmful effects of liquor:
(b) to encourage, promote, sponsor, and co-operate in the dissemination to the public, or to any class of persons, of information relating to any problem that is or may be associated with or consequent on the misuse of liquor:
(c) to devise, promote, sponsor, and conduct, and to encourage and co-operate in the preparation and conduct of, educational programmes for the public or for any class of persons (including persons attending schools or other educational institutions, and persons who may for any reason be at special risk in respect of liquor-related problems) designed—
(i) to discourage the misuse of liquor:
(ii) to encourage moderation in the use of liquor:
(iii) to promote and encourage responsible attitudes towards the use of liquor:
(d) to sponsor innovative programmes for the treatment, care, and rehabilitation of persons adversely affected by the use of liquor, whether by themselves or others:
(e) with respect to any of the matters referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d), to make recommendations to the Government, departments of State, authorities in the fields of health, education, social welfare, and industry, and any other public or private bodies, associations, or persons:
(f) to make recommendations to such person or persons as the Council thinks fit about the advertising of liquor, whether generally or through any particular medium, and the need to regulate or in any way restrict such advertising:
(g) to consider such matters relating to the sale and consumption of liquor as may be referred to the Council from time to time by the Minister of the Crown who is for the time being responsible for the administration of the Sale of Liquor Act 1989, and to report to that Minister on the results of that consideration:
(h) to consider and report to the Minister on such matters relating to the use or misuse of liquor as are referred to the Council from time to time by the Minister:
(i) to carry out such other activities as, in the Council's opinion, will assist in the pursuit of its primary objective.
(2) Without limiting its functions under subsection (1), the Council has the following further functions:
(a) to encourage, promote, sponsor, and co-operate in the preparation, publication, and dissemination, to interested bodies, associations, and persons, of research papers, theses, and other reports relating to any matter with which the Council is concerned:
(b) to obtain, monitor, analyse, collate, and disseminate to interested bodies, associations, and persons in New Zealand, information from overseas relating to any matter with which the Council is concerned:
(c) to encourage, promote, sponsor, and co-operate in the preparation and publication of a bibliography of literature relating to any matter with which the Council is concerned.
(3) Whenever the Council makes any recommendation under subsection (1)(f) about the advertising of liquor, then, if the recommendation is not made to the Minister, it must send a copy of its recommendation to the Minister.
Section 8: substituted, on 20 August 2000, by section 11 of the Alcohol Advisory Council Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No 25).
