District Licensing Committee

The Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 requires territorial authorities (TAs) to establish a district licensing committee (DLC). TAs can have more than one DLC for their area. DLCs will be committees of the TA and replaced district licensing agencies (DLAs) on 18 December 2013.

Manawatu District Council have established one District Licensing Committee.

The Role of DLCs

DLCs will decide applications for:

new and renewed licences and managers’ certificates, regardless of whether these are contested
temporary authorities and temporary licences
variation of licences, and
most enforcement action for special licences

Contested applications are applications opposed by licensing inspectors, Police or Medical Officers of Health, or objected to by members of the public. Only people with a greater interest than the public generally can object to licence applications.

DLC Membership

Each DLC will have a chair (either an elected member or a commissioner), and two members appointed from the list of people approved by the TA to sit on its DLC(s). Two or more TAs can establish a joint list.

List members must have experience relevant to alcohol licensing matters but cannot be:

people who may be biased due to involvement in the alcohol industry, or
constables, Medical Officers of Health, inspectors and employees of that TA

Manawatu DLC Membership List

Role	Name	Appointed	Expires
Commissioner	Ross Brannigan	18 October 2023	18 October 2028
Member	Jo Heslop	18 October 2023	18 October 2028
Member	Clive Asplin	18 October 2023	18 October 2028
Member	Alison Short	21 November 2019	21 November 2024