189Occasional licences
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(1)The 2005 Act is amended as follows.
(2)In section 57 (notification of application to chief constable and Licensing Standards Officer), after subsection (3), add—
“(4)Subsection (5) applies where the Licensing Board is satisfied that the application requires to be dealt with quickly.
(5)Subsections (2) and (3) have effect in relation to the application as if the references to the period of 21 days were references to such shorter period of not less than 24 hours as the Board may determine.”.
(3)In paragraph 10 of schedule 1 (delegation of functions of Licensing Boards), in sub-paragraph (4), after “Board” in the second place where it appears insert “or to a member of staff provided under paragraph 8(1)(b)”.