53Theft, 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.