Part 3

Premises licences

Miscellaneous

Theft, loss etc. of premises licence or summary
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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.