SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 14Licensing authority's powers of intervention
Licensing authority's costs
17
1
Any costs incurred by the licensing authority for the purposes of this Schedule (including the costs of any person exercising powers under this Schedule on behalf of the licensing authority)—
a
are to be paid by the licensed body, and
b
may be recovered from the licensed body as a debt owing to the licensing authority.
2
Sub-paragraph (1) is subject to any order for payment of costs that may be made on an application to the court under this Schedule.
18
1
The High Court, on the application of the licensing authority, may order a liable party to pay a specified proportion of the costs mentioned in paragraph 17.
2
For this purpose a “liable party” means—
a
if the licensed body is a partnership, any former partner in the licensed body,
b
in any other case, any manager or former manager of the licensed body.
3
The High Court may make an order under this paragraph in respect of a liable party only if it is satisfied that the conduct (or any part of the conduct) by reason of which this Schedule applies was conduct carried on with the consent or connivance of, or was attributable to any neglect on the part of, the liable party.
4
In this paragraph “specified” means specified in the order made by the High Court.