The Licensing Act 2003 (Personal licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

Made: 10th December 2014

Laid before Parliament: 15th December 2014

Coming into force: 5th January 2015

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 133(1) and (2), 193[^f00001] and 197(2) of the Licensing Act 2003[^f00002].

Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the Licensing Act 2003 (Personal licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 5th January 2015.

Amendment to the Licensing Act 2003 (Personal licences) Regulations 2005

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• (1) The Licensing Act 2003 (Personal licences) Regulations 2005[^f00003] are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

• (2) In paragraph (2) of regulation 6 omit “and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee”.

• (3) In paragraph (1) of regulation 7 omit “or 6(2)”.

• (4) For the form in Schedule 2 substitute the form in the Schedule to these Regulations.

SCHEDULE

[Insert name and address of relevant licensing authority and its reference number (optional)] — Application to renew a personal licence

Before completing this form please read the guidance notes at the end of the form.

If you are completing this form by hand please write legibly in block capitals. In all cases ensure that your answers are inside the boxes and written or typed in black ink. Use additional sheets if necessary.

You may wish to keep a copy of the completed form for your records.

GUIDANCE NOTES

Information on the Licensing Act 2003 is available on the gov.uk website or from your local licensing authority.

Signed

Lynne Featherstone — Minister of State — Home Office — 10th December 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Licensing Act 2003 (Personal licences) Regulations 2005 (“the 2005 Regulations”) to give effect to new requirements relating to the application for the renewal of a personal licence in accordance with section 117 of the Licensing Act 2003.

Regulation 2(2) removes the requirement that an application for the renewal of a personal licence must be accompanied by a fee.

Regulation 2(3) has the effect of removing the requirement that an application for the renewal of a personal licence must be accompanied by two photographs of the applicant, a criminal conviction certificate, a criminal record certificate or the result of a subject access search, and a declaration relating to a conviction or the absence of a conviction for a relevant or foreign offence.

The form prescribed in the Schedule to these Regulations replaces the form prescribed in Schedule 2 to the 2005 Regulations (the form of the application for the renewal of a personal licence).

An impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as no impact on businesses, charities, voluntary bodies or the public sector is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: See definition of “regulations”.

[^f00002]: 2003 c. 17.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2005/41, as amended by S.I. 2012/946.