Clause 19 - Determination of application for
Licensing Bill [Lords]
4:30 pm
Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment No. 188, in
clause 19, page 12, line 6, at end insert—
'( ) Where an application for a premises licence is received by a licensing authority but—
(a) it is not made in accordance with section 18, or
(b) the authority is not satisfied under subsection (1)(b),
the authority shall return the application to the applicant indicating its reasons for doing so.'.
Clause 18 deals with what a council must do if an application is made that complies with all the rules and regulations regarding the form of application but does not provide for what actions the council must take when the applicant fails to comply. The amendment would ensure that in such cases the authority returns the application to the applicant with some reasons as to why it has not found favour.