LegalizeLicensing Act 1964 (repealed)
Part I — The General Licensing System
Justices’ licences and provisions as to licensing justices
Justices' licences
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Licensing justices and districts
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Grant of justices’ licence
Grant of justices' licence
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New licences
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Removals
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Provisional grant of new licence or removal
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Renewals
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Transfers
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Persons and premises disqualified for holding or receiving a justices' licence
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Protection orders
Protection orders
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Supplementary provisions relating to protection orders
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Old on-licences
Restricted power of licensing justices to refuse renewal or transfer of old on-licences
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Reference of application for renewal or transfer to compensation authority
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Compensation on refusal to renew or transfer an old on-licence
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- (1) If the compensation authority refuse to renew or transfer an old on-licence, they shall pay as compensation to the persons interested in the licensed premises the difference between the value of those premises as licensed and their value as unlicensed.
- (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section the licence shall be assumed to be subject to the same conditions of renewal as were applicable immediately before 15th August 1904; and there shall be assumed to be included in the value of the licensed premises the amount of the depreciation of the trade fixtures arising by reason of the refusal to renew or transfer the licence.
- (3) The amount to be paid as compensation shall, in default of agreement between the several persons appearing to the compensation authority to be interested in the licensed premises and the authority, be determined by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue in the same manner, and subject to the same appeal under section 10 of the Finance Act 1894 to the High Court, as on the valuation of an estate for the purpose of estate duty; and the amount of compensation shall be divided among the persons interested in the licensed premises, including the holder of the licence, in such shares as the compensation authority may determine.
- (4) For the purposes of subsection (3) of this section regard shall be had not only to the legal interest of the holder of the licence in the premises or trade fixtures, but also to his conduct and the length of time that he has held the licence; and, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, a tenant who is the holder of a justices' licence shall not receive less than he would be entitled to as tenant from year to year of the licensed premises.
- (5) The compensation authority may refer to the county court any question arising on the division of the compensation that the authority consider can be more conveniently determined by that court.
- (6) Any costs incurred by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue on an appeal from their decision to the High Court under this section shall be paid out of the amount of the compensation unless the High Court orders those costs to be paid by some other party to the appeal.
Special removals of old on-licences
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Compensation authorities
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Compensation fund
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- (1) A compensation authority shall in each year impose charges to be payable in respect of—
- (a) the renewal of old on-licences for premises in their area; and
- (b) the transfer of such licences and the removal of old on-licences to premises in their area, in any case where the duration of the licence is extended by the transfer or removal;
except in a year in which they certify to the Secretary of State that it is unnecessary to do so.
- (2) In imposing those charges the compensation authority shall fix a sum not exceeding one hundred pounds as the maximum amount of such a charge; and the charge payable in respect of any licence shall be an amount which bears to the sum so fixed the same proportion as the charge in respect of a renewal of that licence in 1958 bore (or, as the case may be, would, if payable, have borne) to the maximum charge which was or might have been imposed in that year.
- (3) Charges payable under this section on the renewal, transfer or removal of a licence shall be levied and paid together with, and as part of the duties on, the corresponding excise licence; and the Commissioners shall keep a separate account of the amount produced by the charges in the area of any compensation authority and pay the amount over in each year to the authority in accordance with rules made by the Treasury.
- (4) The holder of a licence paying a charge under this section may, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, make a deduction from rent equal either to the percentage of the charge specified in Schedule 4 to this Act or to one half of the rent, whichever is the less; and a person receiving rent from which a deduction has been made under this subsection may make the same deduction from rent payable by him.
- (5) The compensation authority shall pay the moneys received by them on account of charges under this section, or received by them from any other source for the payment of compensation under this Act, into a separate account under their management, in this Act referred to as the " compensation fund ".
- (6) The compensation authority shall pay out of the compensation fund—
- (a) the expenses of the authority in paying compensation under this Act or incurred otherwise by them in the exercise of their functions as compensation authority;
- (b) such expenses of the licensing justices incurred in referring to the authority any question of the renewal, transfer or special removal of old on-licences as the compensation authority may allow;
- (c) such expenses of the licensing justices incurred in the grant of new justices' on-licences as the compensation authority may allow;
and the compensation authority in the exercise of their powers shall have regard to the funds available for the purpose.
- (7) The compensation authority may, with the consent of the Secretary of State, borrow on the security of the compensation fund for the purpose of paying any compensation under this Act.
Provisions applicable to purchase under certain statutory powers of premises to which old on-licence is attached
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- (1) Subject to section 125(1) of this Act, where land purchased under Part III of the Housing Act 1957, Part IV of the Town and Country Planning Act 1947, or Part V of the Town and Country Planning Act 1962 comprises premises for which an old on-licence is in force, the following provisions shall have effect:—
- (a) a purchasing authority, before purchasing the premises, may undertake that if renewal of the licence is refused they will pay to the compensation authority towards the compensation payable on the refusal under this Part of this Act such contribution as may be specified in the undertaking; and any sum payable by the purchasing authority in pursuance of such an undertaking shall be treated as part of their expenses in purchasing the land;
- (b) if, after purchasing or contracting to purchase the premises, the purchasing authority intimate to the licensing justices that they are willing to surrender the licence, the licensing justices may refer the matter to the compensation authority; and that authority, on being satisfied that they might properly under section 13 of this Act have refused to renew the licence, if not surrendered, shall contribute out of the compensation fund towards the compensation paid by the purchasing authority for the purchase of the premises a sum not exceeding the compensation that would have been payable under this Part of this Act on refusal to renew the licence.
- (2) In this section " purchasing authority" means a local authority purchasing under Part III of the Housing Act 1957 or a Minister, local authority or any statutory undertakers purchasing under Part V of the Town and Country Planning Act 1962 and, in subsection (1)(b), includes a Minister, local authority or statutory undertakers having purchased under Part IV of the Town and Country Planning Act 1947.
Control of licensing justices over structure of licensed premises
Power to require structural alterations on renewal of on-licence
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Consent required for certain alterations to on-licensed premises
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Appeals
Appeals
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Procedural provisions as to appeals
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Powers of quarter sessions on appeals
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Award of costs against appellant
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Award of costs of licensing justices out of local funds
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Duration of Licences
Duration of licences
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Effect on duration of opposition to grant of licence
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Clerk and chief executiveto licensing justices and fees
Clerk to licensing justices
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Fees chargeable in licensing matters
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Register of Licences
Register of licences
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Convictions, forfeitures and disqualifications to be entered in register
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Registration of owner, etc.
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Notice of conviction of licence holder to be given to registered owner
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Inspection of register
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Duty of licensing justices to have regard to entries in register
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Miscellaneous
Proof of justices' licence and provisions as to forgery thereof
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Power to extend existing on-licence to additional types of liquor
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Rules
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Part II — Sale and Supply of Intoxicating Liquor in ClubPremises
Conditions for supply of intoxicating liquor by clubs
Conditions for supply of intoxicating liquor by clubs
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Registered clubs
Registration of clubs
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Qualifications for registration
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Modifications of registration qualifications for certain clubs
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Disqualification for and refusal of registration certificate
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Objections to and cancellation of registration certificate
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Inspection of premises before first registration
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Rights of fire authorities in connection with registration of clubs
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Power to order disqualification of premises
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Notification of alteration in rules of registered club
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Sale of intoxicating liquor by registered clubs
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Appeal to quarter sessions
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Register of clubs
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Provisions as to different premises of same club
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Penalty for false statements
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Search warrants
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Licensing of club premises
Licensing of club premises
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Miners’ welfare institutes
Application of Part II to miners' welfare institutes
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Supplemental
Applications to magistrates' court under Part II
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Interpretation of Part II
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Part III — Permitted Hours
Prohibition of sale, et ceteralaetc. of intoxicating liquor outside permitted hours
Prohibition of sale, etc. of intoxicating liquor outside permitted hours
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General provisions as to permitted hours
Permitted hours in licensed premises
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Orders varying permitted hours
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Permitted hours in clubs
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Exceptions
Exceptions from prohibition of sale, etc. of intoxicating liquor outside permitted hours
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Restrictions on permitted hours in licensed premises
Seasonal licences
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Six-day and early-closing licences
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Sunday closing in Wales and Monmouthshire
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Supplementary provisions for Welsh Sunday polls
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Extension of permitted hours in licensed premises and clubs
Extension of permitted hours in restaurants, etc.
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Application of paragraph (a) or (b) of s. 68(1)
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Extended hours in restaurants, etc. providing entertainment
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Orders of licensing justices under s. 70
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Orders of magistrates' court under s. 70
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Supplementary provisions as to orders under s.70
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Exemption orders
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Procedural provisions as to exemption orders outside metropolitan area
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Special hours certificates
Permitted hours where special hours certificate in force
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Special hours certificates for licensed premises
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Special hours certificates for clubs
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Licensing authority's certificate of suitability of club premises for music and dancing
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Special hours certificates limited to particular days or parts of the year
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Revocation of special hours certificates
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Special hours certificate and extension or exemption orders in respect of same premises
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Supplementary provisions as to special hours certificates
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Parties organised for gain
Prohibition of consumption of intoxicating liquor outside general licensing hours at parties organised for gain
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Supplemental provisions as to parties organised for gain
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Miscellaneous
Permitted hours in off-sales department of on-licensed premises
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International airports
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Saving as to Sunday observance
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Supplementary provisions
Duty of licensee to post notice where permitted hours modified
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