Part 6Personal licences

Duty to notify certain changes

127Duty to notify change of name or address

1

The holder of a personal licence must, as soon as reasonably practicable, notify the relevant licensing authority of any change in his name or address as stated in the personal licence.

2

Subsection (1) is subject to regulations under section 133(2) (power to prescribe fee to accompany notice).

3

A notice under subsection (1) must also be accompanied by the personal licence or, if that is not practicable, by a statement of the reasons for the failure to provide the licence.

4

A person commits an offence if he fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with this section.

5

A person guilty of an offence under subsection (4) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.