Part 2Licensing

CHAPTER 1Amendments of the Licensing Act 2003

Removing the vicinity test

107Club premises certificates: who may make relevant representations

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The Licensing Act 2003 is amended as set out in subsections (2) to (7).

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In section 69 (authorised persons, interested parties and responsible authorities)—

a

in the title, omit “, interested parties”,

b

in subsection (1), omit “ “interested party”,”, and

c

omit subsection (3).

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In section 71(6) (application for club premises certificate)—

a

in paragraph (a)(ii), for “interested parties” substitute “ persons who live, or are involved in a business, in the relevant licensing authority's area and who are ”,

b

after paragraph (a) insert—

aa

require the relevant licensing authority to advertise the application within the prescribed period—

i

in the prescribed form, and

ii

in a manner which is prescribed and is likely to bring the application to the attention of the persons who are likely to be affected by it; and”, and

c

in paragraph (c), for “interested parties and responsible authorities” substitute “ responsible authorities and other persons ”.

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In section 72(8) (determination of application for club premises certificate)—

a

in paragraph (a), for “an interested party or responsible authority” substitute “ a responsible authority or other person ”, and

b

in paragraph (c), for “an interested party (who is not also a responsible authority)” substitute “ a person who is not a responsible authority ”.

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In section 85(6) (determination of application to vary club premises certificate)—

a

in paragraph (a), for “an interested party or responsible authority” substitute “ a responsible authority or other person ”, and

b

in paragraph (c), for “an interested party (who is not also a responsible authority)” substitute “ a person who is not a responsible authority ”.

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In section 86B(2)(b)(ii) (determination of application for minor variation of club premises certificate), for “an interested party” substitute “ any other person ”.

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In section 194 (index of defined expressions), omit the entry for the expression “interested party, in Part 4”.

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In section 33 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 (individual members of licensing authorities to be interested parties), omit subsection (2).

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The amendments made by this section apply in relation to applications relating to club premises certificates that are made on or after the commencement of this section.