Licensing Act 1964

152 Transfer of canteen licences

(1) A canteen licence shall not authorise the grant or transfer of a retailer's on-licence to a manager of the canteen who is not the person to whom the canteen licence was granted unless the canteen licence has been transferred to him ; but where the holder of a canteen licence has in pursuance of this Part of this Act been granted an excise licence and subsequently ceases to be the manager of the canteen, the person for the time being in charge of the canteen may, during the period of fourteen days from the date on which the holder of the licences ceased to be the manager, sell intoxicating liquor in the canteen as if those licences had been transferred to him.

(2) A canteen licence may be transferred either by the licensing justices or by justices of the peace for the petty sessions area in which the canteen is situated.

(3) A licence transferred under this section by justices of the peace shall become void at the expiry of three months from the date on which the transfer takes effect, unless—

(a) within that period the transfer has been confirmed by the licensing justices, or a further transfer has been made under this section ; or

(b) the transfer is to a person resuming the management of the canteen after an interval not exceeding four weeks.

(4) A transfer of a canteen licence and the confirmation of such a transfer shall not be refused except on the ground that the applicant is disqualified by this or any other Act for holding a justices' licence or is in other respects not a fit and proper person to hold a canteen licence.

(5) An applicant for the transfer or confirmation of the transfer of a canteen licence shall give the notices required in that behalf by Schedule 12 to this Act.

(6) The power of justices of the peace to transfer a canteen licence shall be exercisable by the number of justices, and in the place, required by the Magistrates' Courts Act 1952 for the hearing of a complaint.