Section 164: Grant of application

Gambling Act 2005 · 2005 c. 19View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 8: Premises Licences

Where a licensing authority grant an application for a premises licence they shall as soon as is reasonably practicable—

give notice of the grant to —
the applicant,
the Commission,
any person who made representations about the application under section 161,
in England and Wales, the chief officer of police for any area in which the premises are wholly or partly situated,
in Scotland, the chief constable of the police force maintained for a police area in which the premises are wholly or partly situated, and
Her Majesty's Commissioners of Customs and Excise,
issue a premises licence to the applicant, and
give the applicant a summary of the terms and conditions of the licence in the prescribed form.

A notice under subsection (1)(a)—

must be in the prescribed form,
if the licensing authority have attached a condition to the licence under section 169(1)(a) or excluded under section 169(1)(b) a condition that would otherwise have attached by virtue of section 168, must give the authority's reasons, and
if representations were made about the application under section 161, must give the authority's response to the representations.

In this section "prescribed" means—

in relation to authorities in England and Wales, prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State, and
in relation to authorities in Scotland, prescribed by regulations made by the Scottish Ministers.

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