Licensing Act 2003
Licensing Act 2003 Policy Review
The Licensing Act 2003 requires that Licensing Authorities prepare a Licensing Policy and that this policy is reviewed every 3 years. Our policy has now been reviewed and is available for you to download.
The document has been amended to reflect some administrative changes, policy changes and recent legislation updates, in particular the ban on smoking inside of premises, the Gambling Act 2005 and police initiatives to promote polycarbonate drinking vessels.
The Licensing Act 2003 Policy| is available in pdf format.
The Licensing Act 2003
The Licensing Act 2003 came into effect on 24 November 2005. In February 2005 the Licensing Authority began to administer the conversion of Justice's Licences to the new Personal and Premises licences. All premises involved in the sale of alcohol or the provision of late night refreshments and regulated entertainment were affected.
If you have concerns about any of the applications for licences under the new act you may have the right to make representations or objections about applications. For information on how to do this please see the information leaflet under the general section.
The Licensing Act places a legal obligation on the Licensing Authority to publish a Public Register of applications and licences granted, this can be viewed from the link in the general section.