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Submission to the Liquor Review 1996 Annual returns
- The collection of
data on licensed premises is important to both
researchers and policy makers if the major policy
change introduced by the 1989 Sale of Liquor Act
is to be accurately assessed. This requires
information on the number of different types of
licensed premises operating at any one time, and
volume and type of liquor sold by type of
premises. Information on volume and type of
liquor for each local outlet will be of use to
local enforcement officers, since the volume of
liquor sold has been identified as an important
indicator of individual premises with high risk
of alcohol related harm (Stockwell, Somerford
& Lang 1992).
- Data collection to
date from District Licensing Agencies seems to
have focused on the number of applications
processed, without adequate reporting about
businesses closing or changing hands, or about
premises which hold, for example, an off- as well
as an on-licence. This makes it difficult to be
confident about figures supplied by the Liquor
Licensing Authority in response to questions
about the total number of licensed premises
currently operating, or of each type.
- A requirement in the
Act for licensees to make annual returns by
volume and type of liquor sold has never been
implemented.
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