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5. After Article 3 (application of Part I of the Act) insert—
(1) This article applies to a licence for the activity designated by article 2.
(2) A licensing authority shall not grant a licence to a person, or renew a person’s licence in respect of the activity designated by article 2 unless the authority is satisfied that the person is not disqualified by reason of the person’s immigration status from holding a booking office licence.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2) a person is disqualified by reason of the person’s immigration status from holding a booking office licence if the person is subject to immigration control and—
(a)the person has not been granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, or
(b)the person’s leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom—
(i)is invalid,
(ii)has ceased to have effect (whether by reason of curtailment, revocation, cancellation, passage of time or otherwise), or
(iii)is subject to a condition preventing the person from holding a booking office licence.
(4) In determining for the purposes of paragraph (2) whether a person is disqualified by reason of the person’s immigration status from holding a booking office licence, a licensing authority must have regard to any guidance issued by the Secretary of State.
(5) Where a person is on immigration bail within the meaning of Part 1 of Schedule 10 to the Immigration Act 2016—
(a)the person is to be treated for the purposes of this section as if the person had been granted leave to enter the United Kingdom, but
(b)any condition as to the person’s work in the United Kingdom to which the person’s immigration bail is subject is to be treated for those purposes as a condition of leave.
(6) For the purposes of this article a person is subject to immigration control if under the Immigration Act 1971 the person requires leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom.”.
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