Part 3Premises licences

Miscellaneous

I153Theft, loss etc. of premises licence or summary

1

This section applies where the appropriate Licensing Board receives from a premises licence holder an application for a replacement premises licence or a replacement summary.

2

If satisfied that—

a

the premises licence held by the licence holder or, as the case may be, the summary of it has been lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed, and

b

where it has been lost or stolen, the licence holder has reported the loss or theft to the police,

the Licensing Board must issue to the licence holder a replacement licence or, as the case may be, a replacement summary.

3

A replacement licence or a replacement summary is a copy of the licence or summary—

a

in the form in which it existed immediately before it was lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed, and

b

certified by the Board to be a true copy.

4

In this Act, references to—

a

a premises licence include references to a replacement premises licence,

b

a summary of a premises licence include references to a replacement summary,

issued under this section.