(1)Where a Licensing Board receives an extended hours application, the Board must give notice of it, together with a copy of the application, to—
(a)the appropriate chief constable, and
(b)any Licensing Standards Officer for the area in which the subject premises are situated.
(2)The appropriate chief constable may, within 10 days of receipt of a notice under subsection (1)(a), by notice to the appropriate Licensing Board object to the application if the chief constable considers it necessary to do so for the purposes of the crime prevention objective.
(3)A Licensing Standards Officer must, within 10 days of receipt of a notice under subsection (1)(b), prepare and submit to the Licensing Board a report setting out the Officer’s comments on the application.