“The restrictions on opening times appear to have had a positive impact, with a drop in public consumption of alcohol, particularly earlier in the morning, that has enabled health and outreach services to engage with clients to provide counselling, medical assessments and other referral services,” Soulio said in a statement.
However, Soulio said the requirement for all bottle shops to record transactions in an electronic or handwritten record would be dropped, as would the classification of spirits as a restricted item.
“I appreciate there have been concerns about the requirements around recordixjmtzywng identification and purchases on restricted sales and the practicalities of doing this,” he said, noting “mixed” community feedback on the overall proposal.
