http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/16/section/7/2024-03-31Business and Planning Act 2020An Act to make provision relating to the promotion of economic recovery and growth.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-18Expert Participation2024-03-31 PART 1 Consumption of food and drink outdoors<Emphasis>Pavement licences</Emphasis>Effects71A pavement licence authorises the restriction, by anything done by the licence-holder pursuant to the licence, of public access to the part of the relevant highway to which the licence relates.2A pavement licence constitutes deemed planning permission for anything done by the licence-holder pursuant to the licence—awhich is development requiring planning permission under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, andbfor which there would otherwise not be planning permission or deemed planning permission.3Anything done by the licence-holder pursuant to a pavement licence is not street trading for the purposes of—aSchedule 4 to the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (street trading),bPart 3 of the London Local Authorities Act 1990 (street trading), orcany other enactment under or by virtue of which street trading without a licence or other form of permission is unlawful.4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7Section 333 of the Highways Act 1980 (saving for rights and liabilities as to interference with highways) applies as if sections 1 to 6 were provisions of that Act.8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S. 7(4)-(6) omitted (31.3.2024) by virtue of Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(9)(a), Sch. 22 para. 10(a) (with s. 247, Sch. 22 para. 18); S.I. 2024/389, reg. 2(u) (with reg. 5(2))S. 7(8)-(10) omitted (31.3.2024) by virtue of Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(9)(a), Sch. 22 para. 10(b) (with s. 247, Sch. 22 para. 18); S.I. 2024/389, reg. 2(u) (with reg. 5(2))
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