Henare PeeniPEENI HENARE (Labour—Tāmaki Makaurau): Tēnā koe Mr Chair. Thank you very much for this opportunity to take a short call on the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Display of Low-alcohol Beverages and Other Remedial Matters) Amendment Bill. My colleague Jacinda Ardern mentioned probably a better description for the title if we are to look into the deeper meaning of (Display of Low-alcohol Beverages and Other Remedial Matters)". But to pick up her closing remarks from her contribution perhaps this should be called the "Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Making it Easier to Access) Amendment Bill". The reason I say that is to touch on the points made by my colleague Jacinda Ardern who has given me the onerous task of speaking to the ah—Jacinda Ardern: Companies provision.PEENI HENARE: —companies provision. So new section 28(1)(ba) in clause 4 of this particular bill says: "(ba) any company within the meaning of the Companies Act 1993 that is not prevented by a restriction in its constitution (if any) from selling alcohol or from holding a licence (or a licence of the kind or kinds concerned); or". That is a pretty low threshold. I say that in respect of the ease with which one can register a company under the Companies Act without requiring a constitution. The requirements to register a company under the Companies Act have a relatively low threshold. Are we making this easier? Are we allowing for more rogue operators or for those who are inclined in a particular way and trying to exploit a market as my colleague Jacinda Ardern has mentioned which would see basement prices for alcohol? Those are some of the questions that I have with regard to the particular threshold for those who are looking to sell alcohol or hold a licence through simply having a company registered under the Companies Act.Of course there are different circumstances for those who have a company constitution that does not allow them to engage in that. I can think of one particular example and that is actually my marae. We have registered as a company. We have in our constitution very clear rules about the sale of alcohol and that is quite simple: none. There is to be none within the premises identified in the constitution. So I think that is pretty clear. But what we are asking here is: are we making it easier for anyone to register a company in order to attain the ability to hold a licence? That is a serious question that needs to be considered. I sat very briefly on the Justice and Electoral Committee when this bill was debated. It was I think Peter Dunne the Minister who was in the chair previously who described it quite well when he said it is like the tortoise and the hare. The tortoise will eventually win but these are a slow progression of changes that will eventually achieve the goal of keeping our communities safe. I think that is an important thing to note. If anything this Government is probably winning the mannequin challenge which is going well on social media at the moment—it seems to be paused while the world is moving on and that is just not quite good enough. Some of the recommendations from the reform were actually quite clear about pricing and display and that is the purpose of why we are here today.To the point around the technicality around the day—a Saturday a Sunday Waitangi Day Good Friday. If Waitangi Day or Anzac Day falls on Saturday or Sunday it then applies to the following Monday. I think that is pretty straightforward. It is one of those minor technical things that I think is in keeping with the times and the changes that happen when these types of bills come in. My colleague mentioned the unintended consequences and here we are again going through some of those unintended consequences. Otherwise on this side of the House we do support this particular bill but I do have that question regarding the Companies Act 1993 and the holding of a licence and I wonder whether the Minister can answer that."