(1)This section applies where the Licensing Board which issued a personal licence receives from the holder of the licence an application for a replacement personal licence.
(2)If satisfied that—
(a)the personal licence held by the applicant has been lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed, and
(b)where it has been lost or stolen, the applicant has reported the loss or theft to the police,
the Licensing Board must issue to the applicant a replacement personal licence.
(3)A replacement personal licence is a copy of the personal licence held by the applicant—
(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 personal licence include references to a replacement personal licence issued under this section.