Part 5Licensed hours

Occasional extensions

I169Notification of extended hours application

1

Where a Licensing Board receives an extended hours application, the Board must give notice of it, together with a copy of the application, to—

a

the F3chief constable, and

b

any Licensing Standards Officer for the area in which the subject premises are situated.

2

The F4chief constable may, within 10 days of receipt of a notice under subsection (1)(a), by notice to the appropriate Licensing Board object to the application if the chief constable considers it necessary to do so for the purposes of F1any of the licensing objectives.

3

A Licensing Standards Officer must, within 10 days of receipt of a notice under subsection (1)(b), prepare and submit to the Licensing Board a report setting out the Officer's comments on the application.

F24

Subsections (5) and (6) apply where the Licensing Board is satisfied that the application requires to be dealt with quickly.

5

Subsections (2) and (3) have effect in relation to the application as if the references to the period of 10 days were references to such shorter period of not less than 24 hours as the Board may determine.

6

Subsection (3) has effect in relation to the application as if for the word “must” there were substituted “ may ”.