PART 9

ALCOHOL LICENSING

Reviews of premises licences: notification of determinations
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1
The 2005 Act is amended as follows.
2
After section 39 (Licensing Board’s powers on review), insert—

Notification of determinations
39A
1
Where a Licensing Board, at a review hearing—
a
decides to take one of the steps mentioned in section 39(2), or
b
decides not to take one of those steps,
the Board must give notice of the decision to each of the persons mentioned in subsection (2).
2
The persons referred to in subsection (1) are—
a
the holder of the premises licence, and
b
where the decision is taken in connection with a premises licence review application, the applicant.
3
Where subsection (1)(a) applies, the holder of the premises licence may, by notice to the clerk of the Board, require the Board to give a statement of reasons for the decision.
4
Where—
a
subsection (1)(a) or (b) applies, and
b
the decision is taken in connection with a premises licence review application,
the applicant may, by notice to the clerk of the Board, require the Board to give a statement of reasons for the decision.
5
Where the clerk of a Board receives a notice under subsection (3) or (4), the Board must issue a statement of the reasons for the decision to—
a
the person giving the notice, and
b
any other person to whom the Board gave notice under subsection (1).
6
A statement of reasons under subsection (5) must be issued—
a
by such time, and
b
in such form and manner,
as may be prescribed.
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