Mitchell Clayton: Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Exemption for RNZRSA Clubs from Special Licencing Requirements for Anzac Day) Amendment Bill — First Reading Second Reading In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeMitchell Clayton: Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Exemption for RNZRSA Clubs from Special Licencing Requirements for Anzac Day) Amendment Bill — First Reading Second Reading In Committee[Sitting date: 06 April 2016. Volume:712;Page:10261. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]CLAYTON MITCHELL (NZ First): I want to take just a quick call in the Committee stage of this new legislation. I have to say that Supplementary Order Paper 168 which came through last night was quite hot when it was first handed to me. None the less it does make some sense.Just getting back to the point I made in the first reading with regard to a Monty Python sketch or a scene out of The Muppet Show when we were talking about “Lydia the Tattooed Lady” sung by Kermit the Frog—this is exactly what we are talking about here in amending section 44 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act to amend the “Permitted trading hours for premises without relevant local alcohol policy”. It says here: “In section 44(3) after ‘(Rugby World Cup 2015 extended trading hours)’ insert ‘and section 47A (Anzac Day trading hours for licensed RNZRSA clubs)’.” It goes on and does the same thing in section 45 amending the “Permitted trading hours for premises with relevant local alcohol policy”. It says: “In section 45(3) after ‘(Rugby World Cup 2015 extended trading hours)’insert ‘and section 47A (Anzac Day trading hours for licensed RNZRSA clubs)’.”And that to me is not what the intention of legislation is about—doing on the fly amendments and changes. That is an indictment. It is a blotch on the paper of our Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act. We would certainly urge the Government to readdress this issue about common-sense policy around the simple act of having a drink for an occasion.The police are getting no blame from New Zealand First for the stance that it takes because of course the legislation is open for interpretation. Where the police lay its decision making with regard to the issuing of a special licence is very risk averse. Understanding the situation of the New Zealand Police being so under-resourced as it currently is—as the Minister of Police will no doubt one day agree to and will actually service the police more adequately. It would certainly help that situation for the police to be able to resource special licensing conditions to make sure that order is kept within our communities.We do put forward Supplementary Order Paper 170. The simple fact of saying Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Exemption for RNZRSA Clubs from Special Licencing Requirements for Anzac Day) Amendment Bill—I can hardly get through it before I need to take another breath. It would certainly be better said by saying the “Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Anzac Day Extended Hours for RSAs) Amendment Bill”. So hopefully we can change that when we go to put it to the vote.We certainly will be supporting this bill all the way through to get some common sense into the art of having a beer and celebrating the people who have given their lives given their time and given their services to their country and to the values that they hold—principally the New Zealand way of life. Thank you.The question was put that the amendment set out on Supplementary Order Paper 168 in the name of Paul Foster-Bell to clause 1 be agreed to.Amendment agreed to.