7(1)Paragraph 12 of Schedule 2 (application for renewal of licence) is amended as follows.
(2)In sub-paragraph (1) (which requires such applications to be made in January or February, subject to sub-paragraph (2)), for " in January or February in the year in which the licence is due to expire " substitute " not earlier than five or later than two months before the date on which the licence is due to expire ".
(3)In sub-paragraph (2) (which enables the licensing authority to consider a late application if the failure to apply in time was due to inadvertence)—
(a)for " after the end of February " substitute " later than is required by the last preceding sub-paragraph " ; and
(b)for " before the end of that month " substitute " in time ".