Part 4Occasional licences
57Notification of application to chief constable and Licensing Standards Officer
(1)
Where a Licensing Board receives an occasional licence application, the Board must give notice of it, together with a copy of the application, to—
(a)
the F1chief constable, and
(b)
any Licensing Standards Officer for the area in which the subject premises are situated.
F2(2)
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(3)
A Licensing Standards Officer may, within 21 days of receipt of a notice under subsection (1)(b), prepare and submit to the Licensing Board a report setting out the Officer's comments on the application.
F3(3A)
If a Licensing Standards Officer intends to prepare and submit a report but is, for a reason relating to coronavirus, unable to do so within the period mentioned in subsection (3)—
(a)
the Officer must, within that period, make the Licensing Board aware of that situation, and
(b)
if the Officer submits a report after the end of that period, the Board may take the report into account if the Board considers it reasonable to do so.
F4(4)
Subsection (5) applies where the Licensing Board is satisfied that the application requires to be dealt with quickly.