PART 4U.K.APPLICATIONS FOR AND GRANT OF AUTHORISATIONS

Registers and retention of documentsU.K.

15.—(1) The licensing authority must—

(a)maintain a register in accordance with Schedule 4;

(b)keep a copy of any licence granted by it (together with a copy of the application for the licence) for as long as the licence remains valid; and

(c)(except where the Executive is the licensing authority), send to the Executive on request a copy of any part of the register or other document specified in this paragraph within such time as the Executive may direct.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation and Schedule 4, in the case to which regulation 3(9) applies disapplying regulations 6, 7, 12 to 14, 16 to 18, 20, 23 and 27, any reference to—

(a)the licensing authority or licensee is to be construed as a reference to the Secretary of State having responsibility for defence;

(b)any licence granted is to be construed as a reference to the scheme referred to in regulation 3(9);

(c)separation distances is to be construed as a reference to the separation distances prescribed in the scheme approved by the Secretary of State having responsibility for defence.