London Local Authorities Act 1996

21 Private places of entertainment

Section 3 of the [1967 c. 19.] Private Places of Entertainment (Licensing) Act 1967 shall apply to a borough as though—

(a) in subsection (1), after “inspection of the premises” there were inserted “including securing entry and inspection by an authorised officer of the fire authority”; and

(b) after subsection (4) the following subsections were inserted:—

“(5) The person making an application for any such grant, renewal, transfer or variation of a licence shall not later than the day the application is made send a copy of the application to the Commissioner of Police in whose area the premises are situated (in this section referred to as “the Commissioner”) and to the London Fire and Civil Defence Authority (in this section referred to as the “fire authority”) and, subject to subsection (6) below, no such application shall be considered by the licensing authority unless the applicant complies with this subsection.

(6) Where an application for the grant, renewal, transfer or variation of a licence has been made and the applicant has failed to send a copy of the application in accordance with the requirement of sub-paragraph (1) above the Council may, in such cases as they think fit and after duly consulting with the party who was not supplied with a copy of the said application, waive such a requirement.

(7) In considering any such application the licensing authority shall have regard to any observations submitted to them by the Commissioner and the fire authority within twenty-eight days of the making of the application and may have regard to any observation submitted by them thereafter.

(8) An applicant for any such grant, renewal, transfer or variation of a licence shall furnish such particulars and give such other notices, including the public advertisement of the application, as the licensing authority may by regulation prescribe.

(9) Regulations under subsection (8) above may prescribe the procedure for determining applications.”.