8Applicants attempting to influence Board members
(1)If a person making an application under this Act to a Licensing Board attempts, at any time before the application is determined by the Board, to influence a member of the Board to support the application, the person commits an offence.
(2)If, in relation to any application made to, but not yet determined by, a Licensing Board under this Act, proceedings for an offence under subsection (1) are brought against the applicant—
(a)the Board must not determine the application until after the proceedings are concluded, and
(b)if the applicant is convicted of the offence, the Board may refuse to consider the application.
(3)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.