SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 10APPLICATIONS FOR EXTENSION LICENCES

Articles 47, 85.

1

In this Schedule “licence” means an extension licence.

2

A person who intends to make an application for the grant of a licence shall, not less than 2 weeks before the time when he wishes the application to be considered, serve notice of the application upon the clerk of petty sessions and at the same time serve a copy of the notice upon—

a

the sub-divisional commander of the police sub-division in which the premises to which the application relates are situated; and

b

the district council for the district in which the premises are situated.

3

The notice mentioned in paragraph 2 shall be in such form and shall contain such information as may be prescribed by magistrates' courts rules.

4

The sub-divisional commander mentioned in paragraph 2(a) and the district council mentioned in paragraph 2(b) may appear at the hearing of the application and object to the granting of the licence.

5

A person intending to object under paragraph 4 shall, not later than such time as may be specified in the notice as the time when the applicant wishes the application to be considered, serve upon the applicant and the clerk of petty sessions notice of his intention to object, briefly stating his grounds for so doing.

6

The court or, as the case may be, the clerk of petty sessions, may consider the application notwithstanding that the procedure set out in this Schedule has not been complied with if, having regard to the circumstances, it is reasonable to do so.