Licensing of Pavement Cafés Act (Northern Ireland) 2014

Revocation of licenceN.I.

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14—(1) A council may at any time revoke a pavement café licence if it is satisfied—

(a)that all or any part of the public area where the licence permits the placing of temporary furniture for use for the consumption of food or drink has become, or is going to become, unsuitable for that purpose;

(b)that continuing to place such furniture on, or on a particular part of, that area for use for the consumption of food or drink supplied in or from the premises specified in the licence would be likely to result in undue interference or inconvenience to persons or vehicles in the vicinity, or in disorder;

(c)that the licence holder, in connection with an application for the grant, renewal or variation of the licence, made a statement which the applicant knew to be false in a material respect or failed to comply with section 11;

(d)that the licence holder has persistently failed to comply with any condition of the licence; or

(e)that the licence holder has, without reasonable explanation, failed to pay any fee due to the council under section 12.

(2) Where a pavement café licence permits the placing of temporary furniture on more than one public area—

(a)subsection (1)(a) applies as if the reference to the public area were to any of the public areas; and

(b)subsection (1)(b) applies as if the reference to that area were to those areas.

Commencement Information

I1S. 14 in operation at 1.10.2016 by S.R. 2016/126, art. 2