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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4Licensing Act 2003: amendments relating to illegal working

PART 2Premises licences

7(1)Section 44(5) (determination of transfer application) is amended as follows.

(2)In the words before paragraph (a), after “section 42(6)” insert “or (8)”.

(3)In paragraph (a), for “chief officer of police” substitute “person”.

(4)For paragraph (b) substitute—

(b)having regard to the notice—

(i)where the notice is given under section 42(6), reject the application if it considers it appropriate for the promotion of the crime prevention objective to do so, or

(ii)where the notice is given under section 42(8), reject the application if it considers it appropriate for the prevention of illegal working in licensed premises to do so.