58Powers of Licensing Standards Officers
(1)The 2005 Act is amended as follows.
(2)After section 84A insert—
“84BPower of Licensing Standards Officers to report conduct inconsistent with the licensing objectives
(1)If a Licensing Standards Officer considers that any personal licence holder who is or was working in licensed premises in the Officer’s area has acted in a manner which is inconsistent with any of the licensing objectives, the Officer may report the matter to the relevant Licensing Board.
(2)Where a Licensing Board receives a report from a Licensing Standards Officer under subsection (1), the Board may hold a hearing.
(3)Subsections (6), (6A), (7), (7A) and (8) of section 84 and subsection (1)(b) of section 85 apply in relation to a hearing under subsection (2) of this section as they apply in relation to a hearing under subsection (3)(a) or (5) of section 84.
(4)In subsection (1), “relevant Licensing Board” has the meaning given in section 83(11).”.