The London Government Order 1965

Licences, etc

20.—(1) Any licence, certificate, permit or exemption subsisting at 31st March 1965 granted to any person residing in, or in respect of any property, matter or thing in, Greater London or the urban district of Potters Bar, Staines or Sunbury-on-Thames which could, on or after such date, have been granted (whether under the same enactment or otherwise) by any authority to any person residing in, or in respect of any property, matter or thing in, such area shall continue in force for the period for which it was granted (or as provided in paragraph (2)) as fully and effectively as if it had been granted by such authority.

(2) Any licence described in column (1) of the following table subsisting at 31st March 1965 in respect of premises in an area specified in respect of such licence in column (2) granted for a period expiring between that date and the date so specified in column (3) shall (unless revoked or forfeited) continue in force until that date.

TABLE

(1)	(2)	(3)
A licence for public dancing or music or any other public entertainment of the like kind, a licence for a boxing or wrestling entertainment, a licence under the Theatres Act 1843 or the Cinematograph Act 1909 or an allowance or permission under the Sunday Entertainments Act 1932	Greater London	31st December 1965
A petroleum spirit licence	Greater London	30th June 1965
A licence to keep a refreshment house under the Refreshment Houses Act 1860	A London borough	30th June 1965
A licence in respect of an establishment for massage and special treatment	A London borough	30th June 1965
A licence in respect of an establishment for massage and special treatment	The urban districts of Staines and Sunbury-on-Thames	31st July 1965
An entertainment licence within the meaning of the Home Counties (Music and Dancing) Licensing Act 1926 or a licence under the Cinematograph Act 1909	The urban districts of Staines and Sunbury-on-Thames	31st October 1965
An entertainment licence within the meaning of the Home Counties (Music and Dancing) Licensing Act 1926 or a licence under the Cinematograph Act 1909
A licence to use premises for boxing and wrestling entertainments, or a licence for an employment agency	The urban district of Potters Bar	31st December 1965

(3) An application for any licence, certificate, permit or exemption made before 1st April 1965 by any person residing in, or in respect of any property, matter or thing in, Greater London or the urban district of Potters Bar, Staines or Sunbury-on-Thames shall be treated as having been made under the appropriate enactment to the authority described in paragraph (1).

(4) Any decision or notice taken or given before 1st April 1965 in relation to any licence, certificate, permit or exemption described in paragraph (1) or application described in paragraph (3) shall have effect as if it had been taken or given under the appropriate enactment by the authority described in paragraph (1).

(5) This article does not apply to—

(a) any motor vehicle or driving licence;

(b) any licence in respect of a hackney carriage or a driver of a hackney carriage issued under the provisions of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 as incorporated with the Public Health Act 1875

or any application for or decision or notice taken or given in relation thereto.