Media release: Waikato District Council, 13 June 2014- Legal highs hearing to reconvene
Waikato District Council’s Proposed Psychoactive Substances Policy hearing will reconvene at 9am on Tuesday 17 June.
This follows previous hearings which took place on 5, 6, 7, 15 May and 3 June.
During the first three hearings Council’s Policy and Regulatory Committee heard submissions on the proposed policy. On 15 May the Committee reconvened to deliberate on the matters raised by submitters and clarify the content of the draft policy.
During these deliberations the Committee suggested amendments to the definition of a sensitive site, reviewed the setback distances between sensitive sites and potential retail locations, and discussed the way the distance between sensitive sites and potential retail locations is measured.
As a result of these discussions, which continued on 3 June, the Committee directed Council staff to draft up a revised version of the policy based on the changes requested.
It was also agreed that staff would review the maps included in the policies adopted by our neighbouring councils to ensure consistency wherever possible.
The hearing is set for 9-10am in the Council Chambers at the Council’s Ngaruawahia office.
Isn’t illegal in New Zealand now to sell pycho active substances? There seems to be a lot of costly meetings continuing…
My understanding is that it is still legal to sell an approved substance. It just happens that currently the suppliers haven’t been able to get Government approval for any substance yet. WDC is always having many costly meetings……