The Salvation Army is generally very supportive of all the draft provisions proposed in this section. Specifically, that for all areas apart from the city centre, licences to retail legal psychoactive substance will not be granted in:
a) Areas of high deprivation
b) Neighbourhood centres
c) Within 500m of a school teaching students year seven and above
d) Within 200m of a school teaching students between years one and six inclusive
e) Within 500m of the mental health or addiction treatment centre
f) Within 500m of an existing psychoactive substances retail licence
g) Areas identified as restricted areas on map 1a and 1b.
Moreover, we generally agree with the rationale used for each of these locations, particularly the rationale concerning buffer zones around different types of schools.