A Northland hotel owner has had his bar manager's certificate cancelled after drinking while on duty and a customer was seriously assaulted and knocked unconscious.
Satnam Singh, of the Maungaturoto Hotel, was found by the Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority to have repeatedly breached the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act.
His manager's certificate was cancelled from November 11, while the on-licence issued to his hotel was suspended for 14 days, from 9am on November 27 to 9am on December 11.
It is the third time since November last year the on-licence at Maungaturoto Hotel has been suspended.
Police alcohol harm reduction officer for Whangarei and Kaipara, Sergeant Howard Clement, applied to the authority for the suspension and cancellation orders.