PART 1

LICENSING

Miscellaneous

Body corporate: change of directors
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1
In Article 4 of the Licensing Order (persons to whom licences may be granted), at the end insert—
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Where a person becomes or ceases to be a director of a body corporate which is the holder of a licence, the body must, within the period of 28 days of that change taking effect, serve notice of the change upon—
a
the chief clerk; and
b
the district commander of the police district in which any premises to which the licence applies are situated.
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A person who contravenes paragraph (5) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
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2
In Article 72 of the Licensing Order (suspension of licence), after paragraph (1) insert—
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The grounds specified in Article 15(2)(b) (fitness to hold licence) include the grounds that, following a person becoming or ceasing to be a director of a body corporate which is the holder of the licence in question, the body is no longer fit to hold the licence.
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3
In Part 3 of Schedule 10A to the Licensing Order (penalty points for offences punishable with level 5 fine), insert at the appropriate place—
4(6) | Failure to notify courts and police of change of directorships | 5-6
S. 26 not in operation at Royal Assent, see s. 47(2)
S. 26 in operation at 6.4.2022 by S.R. 2022/63, art. 2, Sch.