Clause 17 - Applicant for premises licence
Licensing Bill [Lords]
4:00 pm
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham, Conservative)
May I take the Minister back to subsection (1)? The House of Lords exempted churches, but other church premises such as church halls are not exempted and I cannot see who would be able to apply for a licence for a church hall or other church facilities. Paragraph (a) talks about people who carry on a business, but a caretaker or chairman of the management committee of a church hall would not be carrying on a business. I cannot see where, between
paragraphs (a) and (j), somebody who held such a position would fit.