Alcohol Licensing Reports
Annual Reports to the Alcohol Regulatory Licensing Authority (ARLA)
Each year every Council is required to provide an annual report on the proceedings and operations of its District Licensing Committee (DLC) to the Alcohol Regulatory Licensing Authority (ARLA) for the period ending 30 June. ARLA is the overarching national body set up under the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 to ensure that the law for alcohol licensing is fairly applied. It is a tribunal which sits within the Ministry of Justice.
These reports are produced by the Alcohol Licensing team under staff delegations. Council is required to publish the last 5 years of these Annual reports as per Section 199(5) of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act, which are shown below. Each report is available for information on this web page, usually in September of each year.
Please note: Council will upload the 2025 – 2026 information as soon as that is available, that should be completed in the next month or two.
RLC ARLA Report 2024 – 2025 - PDF, 182KB
RLC ARLA Report 2023 - 2024 - PDF, 22.8KB
RLC ARLA Report 2022 - 2023 - PDF, 544.9KB
RLC ARLA Report 2021 - 2022 - PDF, 336KB
Annual Reports of Alcohol Licensing fees and income
Council is required to publish our income from fees and our costs for the functions related our alcohol regulatory function, as per Section 19 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Fees) Regulations 2013, which are shown below.
RLC Annual Report of alcohol licensing fees and income – 2024 – 2025
RLC Annual Report of alcohol licensing fees and income – 2024 – 2025
- Total Fees Received: $346,797.88
- Fees to ARLA: $28,201.74
- Cost of DLC: $178,083.56
- Cost of Inspectors Functions: $178,083.77
- Overhead: $236,441.41
- Total Cost to Council: $620,810.48
- Cost Recovery Rate: 55.86%
RLC Annual Report of alcohol licensing fees and income – 2023 – 2024
- Total Fees Received: $286,504.82
- Fees to ARLA: $17,119.35
- Cost of DLC: $122,689.60
- Cost of Inspectors Functions: $203,593.31
- Overhead: $147,692.17
- Total Cost to Council: $491,094.43
- Cost Recovery Rate: 58.34%
RLC Annual Report of alcohol licensing fees and income – 2022 – 2023
- Total Fees Received: $351,949.29
- Fees to ARLA: $23,035.00
- Cost of DLC: $104,260.00
- Cost of Inspectors Functions: $174,266.74
- Overhead: $207,851.34
- Total Cost to Council: $509,413.08
- Cost Recovery Rate: 69.09%
RLC Annual Report of alcohol licensing fees and income – 2021 – 2022
- Total Fees Received: $300,673.93
- Fees to ARLA: $26,151.93
- Cost of DLC: $96,317.80
- Cost of Inspectors Functions: $158,023.61
- Overhead: $157,035.98
- Total Cost to Council: $437,529.32
- Cost Recovery Rate: 68.72%
RLC Annual Report of alcohol licensing fees and income – 2020 – 2021
- Total Fees Received: $302,237.16
- Fees to ARLA: $19,935.00
- Cost of DLC: $93,138.00
- Cost of Inspectors Functions: $155,052.00
- Overhead: $316,546.93
- Total Cost to Council: $584,671.93
- Cost Recovery Rate: 51.69%
RLC Annual Report of alcohol licensing fees and income – 2019 – 2020
- Total Fees Received: $337,231.12
- Fees to ARLA: $23,865.00
- Cost of DLC: $88,108.00
- Cost of Inspectors Functions: $154,474.97
- Overhead: $281,734.01
- Total Cost to Council: $548,181.98
- Cost Recovery Rate: 61.52%
RLC Annual Report of alcohol licensing fees and income – 2018 – 2019
- Total Fees Received: $372,272.89
- Fees to ARLA: $27,335.00
- Cost of DLC: $85,256.00
- Cost of Inspectors Functions: $152,220.42
- Overhead: $323,645.52
- Total Cost to Council: $588,456.94
- Cost Recovery Rate: 63.26%
Disclaimer: Amounts were based on the audited figures in the Annual Report and may have some difference to other reporting used.
