Part 6SPersonal licences

Grant and renewal of personal licenceS

[F173ANotification of application to Licensing Standards OfficerS

(1)Where a Licensing Board receive a personal licence application, the Board must give notice of it, together with a copy of the application, to a Licensing Standards Officer for the Board's area.

(2)A Licensing Standards Officer may, within 21 days of the date of receipt of a notice under subsection (1), respond to the notice by giving the Licensing Board any information in relation to the applicant that the Officer considers may be relevant to consideration by the Board of the application.

[F2(2A)If a Licensing Standards Officer intends to respond to a notice but is, for a reason relating to coronavirus, unable to do so within 21 days of receipt of the notice—

(a)the Officer must, within that period, make the Licensing Board aware of that situation, and

(b)if the Officer responds to the notice after the end of that period, the Board may take the response into account if the Board considers it reasonable to do so.]]

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