Clause 105 - Renewal of licence
Gambling Bill
10:00 am
Mr Don Foster (Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport, Culture, Media & Sport; Bath, Liberal Democrat)
I apologise, but I fail to understand the Minister's response. In relation to the revocation of an operating licence, the Bill clearly provides for a determination to be made if the failure is due to an administrative error. The decision can therefore be reconsidered in such a case. Similarly, a licensing authority has the opportunity to reconsider its decision not to revoke a premises licence in the light of its being clear that the operator's failure was the result of an administrative error. Those two cases are clearly covered in the Bill. That is acknowledged. I simply fail to understand why a three-month period does not alter a clerical error and why, on this occasion, it is not allowed.