Access to Justice Act 1999

The Licensing Act 1964 (c. 26)

23 The Licensing Act 1964 has effect subject to the following amendments.

24 In section 2 (licensing justices and districts), for subsection (2) substitute—

“(2) The licensing justices for any petty sessions area shall be a committee (which shall be known as the area licensing committee) of the justices acting for that area.”

25 In section 85(1) (search warrants for parties organised for gain), for “county or borough” substitute “commission area”.

26 In section 187(1) (search warrants), for “county or borough” substitute “commission area”.

27 In section 188(1) (closing of licensed premises in case of riot or tumult), for “county or borough” (in both places) substitute “commission area”.

28 (1) Section 193 (disqualification of justices) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1) (disqualifying trades)—

(a) for “any county” substitute “any commission area”, and

(b) for “county or borough” substitute “area”.

(3) In subsection (2) (disqualifying shareholdings)—

(a) for “any county” substitute “any commission area”, and

(b) for “that county” substitute “that area”.

29 In section 201(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “the metropolis”, for the words from “an area” to the end substitute “the area consisting of the inner London boroughs and the City of London;”.