Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 12A inserted (3.1.1995) by 1994 c. 40, s. 19(3), Sch. 7: S.I. 1994/3188, art. 3
6E+WA children’s certificate shall remain in force until revoked.
7(1)Licensing justices may, on their own motion or on application by the chief officer of police, revoke a children’s certificate if they are satisfied—
(a)that the area to which the certificate relates does not constitute an environment in which it is suitable for persons under fourteen to be present, or
(b)that there has been a serious or persistent failure to comply with one or more conditions attached to the certificate.
(2)When acting on their own motion, licensing justices may only revoke a children’s certificate if, at least 21 days before the commencement of the licensing sessions at which they propose to revoke the certificate, they have given notice of their intention to do so to the holder of the justices’ licence for the licensed premises to which the certificate relates.
(3)When acting on application by the chief officer of police, licensing justices may only revoke a children’s certificate if, at least 21 days before the commencement of the licensing sessions at which the application is to be made, the chief officer of police has given—
(a)to the clerk to the licensing justices, and
(b)to the holder of the justices’ licence for the licensed premises to which the certificate relates, notice of his intention to apply for the revocation of the certificate.
(4)Notice under sub-paragraph (2) or (3) of this paragraph shall be in writing and specify in general terms the grounds for the proposed revocation.
8If the holder of the justices’ licence for the licensed premises to which a children’s certificate relates gives—
(a)to the clerk to the licensing justices, and
(b)to the chief officer of police,
at least fourteen days notice in writing of a day on which he wishes the certificate to cease to be in force, it shall be treated as revoked on that day.
9E+WA children’s certificate shall be treated as revoked on the day on which the area to which it relates ceases to be comprised in premises for which a justices’ licence is in force.]