(1)Where application is made for the special removal of an old on-licence from any premises in a licensing district to premises in the same district on the ground—
(a)that the premises for which the licence was granted are or are about to be pulled down or occupied under any Act for the improvement of highways, or for any other public purpose; or
(b)that the premises for which the licence was granted have been rendered unfit for use for the business carried on there under the licence by fire, tempest or other unforeseen and unavoidable calamity;
the provisions of sections 12 . . . F1 of this Act shall apply as they apply to a renewal, subject to the restrictions on removals imposed by Parts VI and VII of this Act and subject to subsections (3) and (4) of this section.
(2)A removal to which those provisions apply as aforesaid is in this Act referred to as a special removal.
(3)In the application of those provisions to the special removal of a licence section 12 of this Act shall have effect as if the words “that the premises to be licensed" were inserted in subsection (4)(b) before the words “are structurally deficient or structurally unsuitable".
(4) . . . F2
(5)Notwithstanding anything in section 6 of this Act, no provisional grant shall be made of a special removal.
(6)Section 8(4) of this Act shall apply in relation to applications for special removals as it applies in relation to applications for transfers.
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed with saving by Licensing (Alcohol Education and Research) Act 1981 (c. 28, SIF 68A:1), s. 11, Sch. 2 Pt. I
F2Ss. 13, 14, 15(4), 16–18 repealed with saving by Licensing (Alcohol Education and Research) Act 1981 (c. 28, SIF 68A:1), s. 11, Sch. 2 Pt. I