http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2014/9/section/5Licensing of Pavement Cafés Act (Northern Ireland) 2014An Act to make provision for the regulation by district councils of the placing on public areas of furniture for use for the consumption of food or drink.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2017-06-15Expert Participation2016-10-01 51A pavement café licence must be in the prescribed form and must—aspecify the holder of the licence, the premises to which it relates, and such other matters as may be prescribed; andbinclude a plan showing the location and dimensions of the public area to which it relates.2In this Act, in relation to a pavement café licence, “the area covered by the licence” means the area shown under subsection (1) on the plan in the licence.3That area must be—aan area which was proposed under section 3(4) in the application for the licence; orban area at least 75% of which falls within an area which was so proposed;but this is subject to any power under the following provisions of this Act to vary the area covered by the licence.4If more than one public area was proposed in the application for the licence, the licence may relate to one public area or more than one, and if it relates to more than one—athe plan included in the licence under subsection (1) must show the location and dimensions of each of the public areas to which the licence relates;breferences in this Act to “the area covered by the licence” are to any of the areas shown on the plan in the licence; andcsubsection (3) applies in relation to any such area.5A pavement café licence shall (except where it is surrendered, revoked or suspended)—aremain valid for such period as is specified in the licence; orbif no period is specified in the licence, remain valid indefinitely.6Subsection (5)(a) is subject to section 7 (renewal of licence).7A licence holder may at any time surrender a pavement café licence to the council and the licence shall then cease to be valid.S. 5 in operation at 1.10.2016 by S.R. 2016/126, art. 2