Licensing Act 1964

Supplemental

57 Applications to magistrates' court under Part II

(1) Subject to the following provisions of this section, where this Part of this Act provides for an application to be made with respect to any premises to a magistrates' court, the application shall be made to a magistrates' court acting for the petty sessions area in which the premises are.

(2) In relation to premises in the metropolitan stipendiary court area the metropolitan stipendiary court division shall be deemed for the purposes of this Part of this Act to be the petty sessions area, and the clerk to the metropolitan stipendiary court to be the clerk to the justices.

(3) In relation to premises situated in the city of Oxford and occupied by a club mainly composed of past or present members of the University of Oxford, the magistrates' court for the purposes of this Part of this Act shall be the court of the Chancellor of the university sitting and acting under the Oxford University (Justices) Act 1886, and the clerk to the justices shall be the registrar of that court.

58 Interpretation of Part II

(1) In this Part of this Act—

(a) " local authority " means the Common Council of the City of London, or the council of the county borough, London borough or county district, according to the situation of the premises in question; and

(b) " clerk of the local authority " means, in the City of London or a borough, the town clerk.

(2) References in this Part of this Act to the chief officer of police shall be construed as referring to the chief officer of police for the police area in which the premises in question are, but anything required or authorised by this Part of this Act to be done by or to a chief officer of police may be done by or to any officer of police designated by the chief officer.