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F1Ss. 41A-41C and cross-heading inserted (1.7.2009 for certain purposes and 29.7.2009 otherwise) by The Legislative Reform (Minor Variations to Premises Licences and Club Premises Certificates) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1772), art. 2
(1)Subject to subsection (3), the holder of a premises licence may apply under this section (instead of under section 34) to the relevant licensing authority for variation of the licence.
(2)Subsection (1) is subject to regulations under—
(a)section 54 (form etc. of applications etc.);
(b)section 55 (fees to accompany applications etc.).
(3)An application may not be made under this section to vary a premises licence so as to—
(a)extend the period for which it has effect,
(b)vary substantially the premises to which it relates,
(c)specify an individual as the premises supervisor,
(d)add the supply of alcohol as an activity authorised by the licence,
(e)authorise—
(i)the supply of alcohol at any time between 11pm and 7am, or
(ii)an increase in the amount of time on any day during which alcohol may be sold by retail or supplied, or
(f)include the alternative licence condition referred to in section 41D(3).
(4)The duty to make regulations imposed on the Secretary of State by subsection (5)(a) of section 17 (advertisement etc. of application) applies in relation to applications under this section as it applies in relation to applications under that section.
(1)This section applies where the relevant licensing authority receives an application made under section 41A.
(2)In determining the application the authority must—
(a)consult such of the responsible authorities as it considers appropriate, and
(b)take into account any relevant representations—
(i)made by those authorities, or
(ii)made by [F2any other person] and received by the authority within ten working days beginning on the initial day.
(3)If the authority considers that—
(a)the variation proposed in the application could not have an adverse effect on the promotion of any of the licensing objectives, or
(b)if more than one variation is proposed, none of them, whether considered separately or together could have such an effect,
it must grant the application.
(4)In any other case the authority must reject the application.
(5)A determination under this section must be made within the period of fifteen working days beginning on the initial day.
(6)If at the expiry of the period referred to in subsection (5) the authority has not determined the application—
(a)the application is rejected, and
(b)the authority must forthwith return the fee that accompanied the application.
(7)But nothing in subsection (6) prevents the authority, with the agreement of the applicant, from treating—
(a)an application rejected by virtue of that subsection (“the first application”) as a new application made under section 41A,
(b)the prescribed fee that accompanied the first application as the prescribed fee accompanying a new application, or
(c)both.
(8)A new application of the kind referred to in subsection (7)(a) is to be treated as having been made on the date of the agreement referred to in that provision, or on such other date as is specified in the agreement.
(9)Any fee owed to an applicant under subsection (6) may be recovered as a debt due to the applicant.
(10)For the purposes of this section—
“initial day” in relation to an application means the first working day after the day on which the authority receives the application;
“relevant representations” in relation to an application means representations which are about the likely effect of the grant of the application on the promotion of the licensing objectives.
Textual Amendments
F2Words in s. 41B(2)(b)(ii) substituted (25.4.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), ss. 105(7), 157(1) (with s. 105(11)); S.I. 2012/1129, art. 2(d)
(1)Where an application is granted under section 41B, the relevant licensing authority must forthwith give a notice to that effect to the applicant.
(2)The notice under subsection (1) must specify—
(a)any variation of the premises licence which is to have effect as a result of the grant of the application, and
(b)the time at which that variation takes effect.
(3)The time referred to in subsection (2)(b) is the time specified in the application or, if that time is before the applicant is given the notice referred to in subsection (2), such later time as the authority specifies in the notice.
(4)Where an application is rejected under section 41B, the relevant licensing authority must forthwith give a notice to that effect to the applicant.
(5)The notice under subsection (4) must include a statement by the authority of the reasons for its decision.]
(1)Where a management committee which holds a premises licence in respect of community premises makes an application under section 34 for variation of the licence so as to authorise the supply of alcohol, the application may include an application for the alternative licence condition to be included in the licence instead of the conditions in section 19(2) and (3).
(2)A management committee which holds a premises licence in respect of community premises which includes the conditions in section 19(2) and (3) may make an application under section 34 for (or which includes an application for) variation of the licence to include the alternative licence condition instead of those conditions.
(3)In this section “the alternative licence condition” is the condition that every supply of alcohol under the premises licence must be made or authorised by the management committee.
(4)In a case where an application under section 34 includes an application under subsection (1), or is made pursuant to subsection (2), section 19 (as it applies by virtue of section 35(7)) and section 35 are modified as follows.
(5)Section 19 has effect as if at the end there were inserted—
[F4“(5)]But where—
(a)the relevant licensing authority is satisfied that the arrangements for the management of the premises by the applicant are sufficient to ensure adequate supervision of the supply of alcohol on the premises, and
(b)if any representations are made pursuant to section 35(5)(aa), the authority does not consider the inclusion of the conditions in subsections (2) and (3) to be [F5appropriate] to promote the crime prevention objective,
the licence must not include the conditions in subsections (2) and (3) but must include the alternative licence condition referred to in section 41D(3) instead.”.
(6)Section 35 has effect as if—
(a)after subsection (5)(a) there were inserted—
“(aa)if they relate to the inclusion of the alternative licence condition referred to in section 41D(3)—
(i)were made by the chief officer of police for a police area in which the premises are situated, and
(ii)include a statement that, due to the exceptional circumstances of the case, he is satisfied that including the alternative licence condition instead of the conditions in section 19(2) and (3) would undermine the crime prevention objective, and”, and
[F6(b)subsection (6)(c) were omitted.]]
Textual Amendments
F3S. 41D inserted (29.7.2009) by The Legislative Reform (Supervision of Alcohol Sales in Church and Village Halls &.) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1724), art. 4
F4Word in s. 41D(5) substituted (29.1.2010) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), ss. 112, 116, Sch. 7 para. 33; S.I. 2010/125, art. 2(t)
F5Word in s. 41D(5) substituted (25.4.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), ss. 109(8), 157(1) (with s. 109(15)); S.I. 2012/1129, art. 2(d)
F6S. 41D(6)(b) substituted (25.4.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), ss. 105(8), 157(1) (with s. 105(11)); S.I. 2012/1129, art. 2(d)
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