SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 16 Other Consequential Amendments

The Licensing Act 1964 (c. 26)

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1

In section 58(1)(a) of the Licensing Act 1964 (meaning of “local authority”), after “district,” insert “ or, in Wales, the council of the county or county borough, ”.

2

In section 66 of that Act (Sunday closing in Wales)—

a

in subsection (1), for “district” substitute “ county or county borough ”;

b

omit subsection (2);

c

in subsection (3), for the first and third “district” substitute “ county or county borough ” (in each case), and for the second and fourth “district” substitute “ county or, as the case may be, county borough ” (in each case);

d

in subsection (4)—

i

for “district council” substitute “ county council or, as the case may be, county borough council ”;

ii

for “district”, in every other case, substitute “ county or county borough ”; and

iii

for “1975” substitute “ 1996 ”;

e

in subsection (5), for “districts” substitute “ counties and county boroughs ”; and

f

in subsection (7), for “district council” substitute “ county council or county borough council ” and for second “district” substitute “ county or county borough ”.

3

In section 67 of that Act (Welsh Sunday polls)—

a

in subsection (2)(a), for the first “district” substitute “ county or county borough ” and for “district councillors” substitute “ councillors of the county or (as the case may be) county borough ”;

b

in subsection (3), for the first “district” substitute “ county or county borough ”, and for “district council” substitute (in both places) “ county council or (as the case may be) county borough council ”;

c

in subsection (4), for “district” substitute “ county or county borough ”; and

d

in subsection (5), for “district councillors” substitute “ councillors of the county or county borough ”.

4

In section 98 of that Act (grounds for refusing applications for Part IV licences), in subsection (5)(a) after “district” insert “ or, in Wales, the council of the county or county borough ”.

5

In section 180 of that Act (consent to grant of occasional licence), in subsection (1)(a), for “a district or part thereof” substitute “ any area ”.

6

In Schedule 2 to that Act (applications for justices’ licences), in paragraph 5, in paragraph (a), after “licensed are” insert “ in England but ” and, after paragraph (a) insert—

aa

if the premises to be licensed are in Wales, to the proper officer of the county council or county borough council; and

7

In Schedule 8 to that Act (Sunday polls in Wales), in paragraph 6—

a

in sub-paragraph (1), omit the first “district”, for the second “district” substitute “ county or county borough ” and for the third “district” substitute “ county or (as the case may be) county borough ”;

b

in sub-paragraph (2), for the first “district” substitute “ county or county borough ” and omit “district” in both other places;

c

in sub-paragraph (3), omit the first “district” and for the second “district” substitute “ county or county borough ”;

d

in sub-paragraph (4), for the first “district” substitute “ county or county borough ”, omit the second “district” and for “district council” substitute “ county council or (as the case may be) county borough council ”.

8

In paragraph 7 of Schedule 8 to that Act—

a

in sub-paragraph (1), for the first “district” substitute “ county or county borough ”, for the second “district” substitute “ county or (as the case may be) county borough ”, omit the third “district” and for “councillor for the district” substitute “ councillor of the county or (as the case may be) county borough ”; and

b

in sub-paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) omit “district”.

9

After paragraph 7 of Schedule 8 to that Act insert—

7A

In paragraphs 6 and 7 above “returning officer”, in relation to a county or county borough, means the returning officer for elections of councillors of the county or county borough.

10

In the Appendix to Schedule 8 to that Act—

a

in form A, for “[district of]” substitute “ [county/county borough of] ”;

b

in form B, for “[district of]”, substitute, in each place, “ [county/county borough of] ”;

c

in form D, for “[ward of the district of]” substitute, in each place, “ [division of the county/county borough of] ” and for “said district” substitute “ said [county/county borough] ”; and

d

in form E, for “[district of]” substitute, in each place, “ [county/county borough of] ”.