Part 3

Premises licences

Duration of licence

Surrender of premises licence
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1
Where the holder of a premises licence wishes to surrender his licence he may give the relevant licensing authority a notice to that effect.
2
The notice must be accompanied by the premises licence or, if that is not practicable, by a statement of the reasons for the failure to provide the licence.
3
Where a notice of surrender is given in accordance with this section, the premises licence lapses on receipt of the notice by the authority.
4
This section is subject to section 50 (which makes provision for the reinstatement in certain circumstances of a licence surrendered under this section).