Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 8 amendment to earlier affecting provision SI 2006/3272 Sch. 4 para. 54-66 (29.4.2007) by Gambling Act 2005 (Commencement and Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1157), arts. 1(1), 11
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 8 modified (1.1.2007) by The Gambling Act 2005 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3272), art. 1(1), Sch. 4 paras. 54-66 (as amended (16.8.2007) by S.I. 2007/2169, art. 11)
C2Pt. 8 modified by SI 2006/3272 art. 8(1)(3) (as inserted (16.8.2007) by The Gambling Act 2005 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2169), arts. 1(1), 5)
(1)In the case of a premises licence issued to an individual, the licence shall lapse if—
(a)the licensee dies,
(b)the licensee becomes, in the opinion of the licensing authority as notified to the licensee, incapable of carrying on the licensed activities by reason of mental or physical incapacity,
(c)the licensee becomes bankrupt (within the meaning of section 381 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45)), [F2or a debt relief order is made in respect of the licensee (under Part 7A of the Insolvency Act 1986),] or
(d)sequestration of the licensee's estate is awarded under section [F322(1) of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016] .
(2)In any other case a premises licence shall lapse if the licensee—
(a)ceases to exist, or
(b)goes into liquidation (within the meaning of section 247(2) of the Insolvency Act 1986).
(3)If a licensing authority become aware that a premises licence issued by them has lapsed, they shall as soon as is reasonably practicable notify—
(a)the Commission,
(b)either—
(i)in England and Wales, the chief officer of police for any area in which the premises are wholly or partly situated, or
(ii)in Scotland, the chief constable of the police force maintained for a police area in which the premises are wholly or partly situated, and
(c)Her Majesty's Commissioners of Customs and Excise.
Textual Amendments
F2Words in s. 194(1)(c) inserted (1.10.2012) by The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2404), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 55(3) (with art. 5)
F3Words in s. 194(1)(d) substituted (30.11.2016) by The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1034), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 28(3)
Commencement Information
I1S. 194 in force at 21.5.2007 by S.I. 2006/3272, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 (with arts. 7-11, 7-12, Sch. 4) (as amended by S.I. 2007/1157, arts. 3(3), 4)