The Licensing Act 2003 (Licensing authority’s register) (other information) Regulations 2005

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe the further information each licensing authority is required to record in the register it is required to keep under section 8 of the Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17) (the Act). In addition to the records identified in section 8(1) of and Schedule 3 to the Act, each licensing authority must record in its register operating schedules and club operating schedules, or revisions of these, and plans of premises which accompany applications for premises licences or club premises certificates, or variations of these and Schedules of works and plans of the work being or about to be done which accompany applications for provisional statements (regulation 2(2)). Further, each licensing authority must record in its register the ground or grounds for reviews set out in applications for a review of a premises licence or club premises certificate and the determination of the magistrates' court on its consideration of a closure order (regulation 2(3)). Finally, a record must be kept of the existing licensable activities and existing qualifying club activities and plans of the premises which accompany applications (for conversion of existing licences and existing club certificates (regulation 2(4)).

A Regulatory Impact Assessment in relation to these Regulations has been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament and copies may be obtained from the Alcohol and Entertainment Licensing Branch of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 3rd Floor, 2-4 Cockspur Street, London SW1Y 5DH or viewed on the Department’s website, www.culture.gov.uk.