Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980

131Off-licences: special provisions to cease

(1)Part VI of the 1964 Act (licensing in new towns) shall cease to have effect in relation to the licensing of premises in new towns by way of a justices off-licence.

(2)References in Part VI of the 1964 Act to licensed premises and to a justices' licence shall be construed accordingly.

(3)In consequence of subsection (1) above, the following provisions of the 1964 Act shall be omitted, namely sections 112(1)(a)(ii) and (b)(ii) and in section 112(5) the words " or licensed premises ".

(4)Nothing in this section affects the operation of section 111 of the 1964 Act as respects an application made before the date on which this section comes into force or made at the licensing sessions next held after that day.

(5)Where the Development Board for Rural Wales is responsible under the [1976 c. 75.] Development of Rural Wales Act 1976 for the development of a new town, this section and section 132 below shall apply as if the Board were the development corporation for the new town.