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Communications and Ministerial Services | Corporate Services
Ministry of Justice

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DX Box SX 10088 I Wellington

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Tçnâ koe Miss W. Forest,

 

Thank you for emailing the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry).

 

We acknowledge receipt of your request under the Official Information Act
1982 regarding ARLA related documentation.

 

This has been forwarded onto the relevant business unit to respond to. 

 

The Ministry may publish the response to your request on our website, you
can expect that if your OIA is to be published that this will take place
at least 10 working days after it has been sent you. Your name and any
other personal information will be withheld under Section 9(2)(a) (protect
the privacy of natural persons). 

 

You can expect a response by 13/02/2025. This response date takes into
account the OIA summer holidays which are between 25 December 2024 – 15
January 2025. 

 

 

Ngâ mihi

 

   

Communications and Ministerial Services |Corporate Services

Ministry of Justice | Tâhû o te Ture
DX Box SX 10088 | Wellington

[1]www.justice.govt.nz

 

 

 

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Tēnā koe Miss Forest,

 

Thank you for your email of 30 December 2024 requesting information about
the Alcohol and Regulatory Licensing Authority (ARLA) under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act). Specifically, you requested:

 

Please provide the ARLA related documentation:

 

1) The original application by the applicant, The Lakehouse Restaurant
Limited and / or their proprietors / directors relating to the Urban on
Manners restaurant the business seems to be trading as but not correctly
registered as such.

2) Objections that the application or renewal/s received seen by ARLA.

3) The determination and / or decision that ARLA made - none of these seem
to be available via the usual route.

 

For the avoidance of doubt please include the documentation relating to
1), 2) and 3) on both the original application and the renewal/s where
ARLA has been involved.

 

In response I can advise that the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry) does
not hold the information requested. This information is considered
Tribunal information and Tribunals in their judicial functions are
specifically excluded from the Act under section 2(6)(b). Therefore, your
request is refused under section 18(g)(i) of the Act as the information
requested is not held by the Ministry, and there are no grounds for
believing it is held by another agency subject to the Act.

 

Your email also mentioned the national registers for licences and managers
certificates, and the availability of ARLA decision documents. You may
wish to contact the ARLA registry directly at [1][email address] for
information regarding these matters.

 

Please note that our response, with your personal details removed, may be
published on the Ministry website at: [2]Official Information Act
responses | New Zealand Ministry of Justice

 

If you are not satisfied with this response, you have the right to make a
complaint to the Ombudsman under section 28(3) of the Act. The Office of
the Ombudsman may be contacted by email to [3][email address]
or by phone on 0800 802 602.

 

 

Ngā mihi,

 

 

 

Paul Easton

Principal Media Advisor |
Communications Services
Ministry of Justice | Tāhū o te
Ture

027 276 9810

[4][email address] |
[5]justice.govt.nz

 

 

 

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