Private Places of Entertainment (Licensing) Act 1967

1 Power to adopt Act in certain areas.

(1) This Act shall, if adopted by the appropriate local authority, apply to any area in which any of the following enactments is in force, that is to say—

(a) section 51 of the [1890 c. 59.] Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1890 (which provides for the licensing of premises used for public music or dancing in certain provincial areas);

(b) the [1926 c. 31.] Home Counties (Music and Dancing) Licensing Act 1926 (which makes similar provision for certain areas around London);

(c) paragraph 1 of Schedule 12 to the [1963 c. 33.] London Government Act 1963 (which makes similar provision for the London boroughs and the City of London); or

(d) any enactment in a local Act regulating by means of licences the provision of music and dancing in places of public resort.

(2) In this section " the appropriate local authority " means, as respects any area specified in the first column of Part I of the Schedule to this Act, the authority specified in relation to that area in the second column of that Part; and Part II of that Schedule shall have effect in relation to the adoption of this Act by any such authority.