Review of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Fees) Regulations 2013 Report [pdf, 2.3 MB]
...differences in how councils classify costs, for example between inspector costs and enforcement activities, which can involve the same personnel. Several councils have licensing or enforcement teams that cover a wide range of activities, such as environmental health and food safety, and so have difficulty in distinguishing the alcohol licensing-related costs from their other regulatory expenditure. 70. Figure 1 shows the proportion of costs by source, using councils’ own cost alloc...