An Act to amend the Liquor Act 1982 to allow hotels to trade until 1 am on certain nights during the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Liquor Amendment (2006 FIFA World Cup Hotel Trading) Act 2006.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the date of assent.
3 Amendment of Liquor Act 1982 No 147
The Liquor Act 1982 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.
4 Repeal of Act
(1) This Act is repealed on the day following the day on which this Act commences.(2) The repeal of this Act does not, because of the operation of section 30 of the Interpretation Act 1987, affect any amendment made by this Act.
Schedule 1 Amendment
(Section 3)
Section 24A
Omit the section. Insert instead:24A Extended hotel trading hours—2006 FIFA World Cup(1) This section applies to each day from 10 June 2006 to 19 June 2006 (inclusive).Note—These dates are the dates (local time) on which some of the Stage 1 matches of the 2006 World Cup will be held. Some of these matches begin at 11 pm local time.(2) In addition to the trading hours that apply to the premises to which a hotelier’s licence relates:(a) liquor may be sold or supplied on any such premises for consumption on those premises only, andfrom 10 pm on any day to which this section applies until 1 am on the next succeeding day.(b) the premises to which a hotelier’s licence relates may be kept open for the sale or supply of liquor for consumption on those premises only,(3) Subsection (2) does not authorise the sale, supply or consumption of liquor on any licensed premises contrary to a restriction or prohibition that:(a) relates to the times when the premises are authorised to trade, and(b) has been imposed under this Act (otherwise than under section 24) or any other law.(4) However, subsection (2) does not restrict the sale or supply of liquor on premises to which a hotelier’s licence relates, whether for consumption on or away from those premises, at such times as are otherwise authorised under this Act.