4(1)The licensing authority shall first consider in respect of each application whether they would grant it under section 163 if section 175 did not apply.E+W+S
(2)For that purpose—
(a)the authority shall not have regard to whether any of the other competing applications is more deserving of being granted,
(b)subject to paragraph (a), each competing applicant is an interested party in relation to each of the other competing applications, and
(c)Part 8 shall apply, but with the substitution for a reference to the grant of an application in sections 163(1)(a) and 206(2) of a reference to a provisional decision to grant an application subject to the provisions of paragraph 5 below.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 9 para. 4 in force at 21.5.2007 by S.I. 2006/3272, art. 2(3), Sch. 3 (with arts. 7-11, 7-12, Sch. 4) (as amended by SI 2007/1157, art. 3(3), 4(2))
I2Sch. 9 para. 4 in force at 20.5.2008 for specified purposes by S.I. 2008/1326, art. 2, Sch.