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MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH (MOH) VISITS FROM REGULATORY AGENCIES

The MOH also has a statutory reporting role and may When visiting premises, the inspector or representative of
delegate powers and functions to any suitably qualified or a regulatory agency is likely to make themselves known to
trained person. the manager of the premises and carry identification. It
Medical Officers of Health are designated under the 1956 is in your best interests to be courteous and cooperative
Health Act by the Director General of Health to improve, with any inspectors. Remember that these people, like you,
protect and promote the health of the population in their have a job to do and want their compliance check to be of
health districts. They provide public health expert advice minimum disruption to you.
and advocacy in the areas of environmental health,
communicable disease, and harm reduction. On occasion, your premises will be visited by other
inspectors or officers of the local council or regulatory
Functions of the MOH include: agencies including:
• Inquire into and report on applications for all licenses • Environmental Health Officer
• Check and encourage Host Responsibility compliance • Fire Service
(reducing alcohol-related harm) • Dangerous Goods Inspector
• Enforce smoke free areas • WorkSafe Inspector
• Apply to ARLA to suspend a licence when a premise is • Smokefree Officer
not meeting public health requirements • Gaming Compliance Inspector (Department of Internal
Affairs)
• Building Safety Officer

MAORI WARDENS
LICENSING INSPECTOR
Maori Wardens have specific powers constituted under the
The chief executive of each territorial authority must also Maori Community Development Act 1962 to limit unruly
appoint one or more Licensing Inspectors within its district. behavior on licensed premises. Section 31 states that
Inspectors have power of entry to any licensed premises a “Maori Warden may at any reasonable time enter any
at any reasonable time to ensure compliance with the licensed premises in any area where he is authorized to
Act and/or if they think an offence against the Act is carry out his duties and warn the licensee or any servant
being committed. Inspectors do NOT have to identify of the licensee to abstain from selling or supplying liquor
themselves immediately and may observe the operation of to any Maori who in the opinion of the Warden is in a state
the licensed premises before approaching management. of intoxication, or is violent, quarrelsome, or disorderly, or is
They will have evidence of identity to show they are a likely to become so, whether intoxicated or not”.
Licensing Inspector.

Functions of the Licensing Inspector include:
• Inquiring into and reporting on new and renewal
applications for licenses and manager certificates
• Monitoring licensed premises’ compliance with the
requirements of the Act and their licence
• Issuing infringement notices for specified infringement
offences
• Apply to ARLA for variation, suspension or cancellation
of licenses and manager certificates