Licensing Act 2003

Provisional licences

12 (1) Where—

(a) during such period as may be specified the relevant licensing authority receives an application in accordance with Part 3 of this Act for the grant of a premises licence in respect of any premises (“the relevant premises”),

(b) under section 6 of the 1964 Act, a provisional grant of a justices' licence has been made for—

(i) the relevant premises or a part of them, or

(ii) premises that are substantially the same as the relevant premises or a part of them, and

(c) the conditions of sub-paragraph (2) are satisfied,

the licensing authority must have regard to the provisional grant of the justices' licence when determining the application for the grant of the premises licence.

(2) The conditions are—

(a) that the provisional grant of the justices' licence has not been declared final, and

(b) that the premises to which the provisional grant relates have been completed in a manner which substantially complies with the plans deposited under the 1964 Act or, as the case may be, with those plans with modifications consented to under section 6(3) of that Act.