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Licensing Act 2003

The Minister needs to check his own legislation. Saying that licensees must apply by 24 November is a load of nonsense. Applications must be received far earlier than that, because time must be allowed for a potential appeal and the setting up of a magistrates Bench to hear it. There must be time for the application to be consulted upon and notice given, and time must be allowed for the local authority officers and then a committee to consider it. What is the Minister’s estimate of the date by which an application needs to be made if it is to go through all the potential hoops by the second named day, 24 November?