Licensing Act 1964

5 The notice required by sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 1 of this Schedule to be given to the proper local authority shall be given—

(a) if the premises to be licensed are in an urban parish, to the clerk to the rating authority;

(b) if those premises are in a borough included in a rural district, to the town clerk (as well as to the clerk to the rating authority);

(c) if those premises are in a rural parish, to the clerk to the parish council or, where there is no parish council, to the chairman of the parish meeting;

and, in the case of a new licence or a removal, shall also be given to the authority discharging in the area where those premises are situated the functions of fire authority under the Fire Services Act 1947.