Explanatory Notes

Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011

2011 CHAPTER 13

15 September 2011

Overview

Part 2 – Licensing

Amendments of the Licensing Act 2003

Section 110: Reducing the burden: club premises certificates

323.Subsections (2) to (5) amend a number of provisions in Part 4 of the Licensing Act 2003 relating to club premises certificates to reflect the introduction of this measure. The basis on which a licensing authority makes decisions in a range of processes relating to club premises certificates is correspondingly modified. These are the processes governing applications for the:

a.

grant or variation of a certificate following relevant representations,

b.

imposition of conditions on certificates which authorise the performance of plays at a club premises to promote public safety, and

c.

review of a certificate.

324.Subsection (6) makes provision for the application of these amendments.