Licensing Act 1964

151 Renewal of canteen licences

(1) A canteen licence shall, unless renewed under this section, expire on 4th April next after the date on which it comes into force.

(2) If the Minister of Transport has, in the calendar year in which the licence would otherwise expire, certified that the canteen is still needed, the licensing justices may renew the licence for a further period of twelve months.

(3) The power of licensing justices to renew a canteen licence shall be exercisable only at a general annual licensing meeting.

(4) Licensing justices shall not refuse an application for the renewal of a canteen licence except under section 153(1) of this Act or on one or more of the following grounds, that is to say.—

(a) that the manager is disqualified by this or any other Act for holding a justices' licence or is in other respects not a fit and proper person to hold a canteen licence ; or

(b) that the rules as to the persons entitled to use the canteen have not been observed or that the canteen has in other respects been improperly conducted; or

(c) that the manager or the body providing the canteen has entered into an agreement of the kind mentioned in paragraph (d) of section 149(1) of this Act.

(5) If the applicant for the renewal of a canteen licence has given such notices as the licensing justices may require and so requests, the licensing justices may, at their discretion, in renewing the licence vary the kind of retailer's on-licence to be authorised by the licence so renewed.

(6) A person intending to oppose an application for the renewal of a canteen licence shall, not later than five days before the hearing of the application, give notice in writing to the holder of the licence specifying the ground of his objection.