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        Licensing Act 1964 (c. 26)
        Introductory Text
        Main body
        Part I The General Licensing System
        Justices' licences and provisions as to licensing justices
        1. Justices' licenses.
        2. Licensing justices and districts.
        Grant of justices' licence
        3. Grant of justices' licence.
        4. New licences.
        5. Removals.
        6. Provisional grant of new licence or removal.
        7. Renewals.
        8. Transfers.
        8A. Approval of prospective licensees.
        9. Persons and premises disqualified for holding or receiving justices' licence.
        Interim authorities
        9A. Interim authorities.
        9B. Supplementary provisions relating to interim authorities.
        Protection orders
        10. Protection orders.
        11. Supplementary provisions relating to protection orders.
        Old on-licences
        12. Restricted power of licensing justices to refuse renewal or transfer of old on-licences.
        13, 14. . . .
        15. Special removals of old on-licences.
        16-18. . . .
        Control of licensing justices over structure of licensed premises
        19. Power to require structural alterations on renewal of on-licence.
        20. Consent required for certain alterations to on-licensed premises.
        Revocation of justices licenses
        20A. Revocation.
        Appeals
        21. Appeals.
        22. Procedural provisions as to appeals.
        23. Powers of quarter sessions on appeals.
        24. . . .
        25. Award of costs of licensing justices out of local funds.
        Duration of Licences
        26. Duration of licences.
        27. Effect on duration of opposition to grant of licence.
        Clerkand chief executiveto licensing justices and fees
        28. Clerkand chief executive to licensing justices.
        29. Fees chargeable in licensing matters.
        Register of Licences
        30. Register of licences.
        31. Convictions, forfeitures and disqualifications to be entered in register.
        32. Registration of owner, etc.
        33. Notice of conviction of licence holder to be given to registered owner.
        34. Inspection of register.
        35. Duty of licensing justices to have regard to entries in register.
        Miscellaneous
        36. Proof of justices' licence and provisions as to forgery thereof.
        37. Power to extend existing on-licence to additional types of liquor.
        38. . . .
        Part II Sale and Supply of Intoxicating Liquor in ClubPremises
        Conditions for supply of intoxicating liquor by clubs
        39. Conditions for supply of intoxicating liquor by clubs.
        Registered clubs
        40. Registration of clubs.
        41. Qualifications for registration.
        42. Modification of registration qualifications for certain clubs.
        43. Disqualification for and refusal of registration certificate.
        44. Objections to and cancellation of registration certificate.
        45. Inspection of premises before first registration.
        46. Rights of fire authorities in connection with registration of clubs.
        47. Power to order disqualification of premises.
        48. Notification of alteration in rules of registered club.
        49. Sale of intoxicating liquor by registered clubs.
        50. Appeal to quarter sessions.
        51. Register of clubs.
        52. Provisions as to different premises of same club.
        53. Penalty for false statements.
        54. Search warrants.
        Licensing of club premises
        55. Licensing of club premises.
        Miners' welfare institutes
        56. Application of Part II to miners' welfare institutes.
        Supplemental
        57. Applications to magistrates' court under Part II.
        58. Interpretation of Part II.
        Part III Permitted Hours
        Prohibition of sale, etc. of intoxicating liquor outside permitted hours
        59. Prohibition of sale, etc. of intoxicating liquor outside permitted hours.
        General provisions as to permitted hours
        60. Permitted hours in licensed premises.
        61. Orders varying permitted hours.
        62. Permitted hours in clubs.
        Exceptions
        63. Exceptions from prohibition of sale, etc. of intoxicating liquor outside permitted hours.
        Restrictions on permitted hours in licensed premises
        64. Seasonal licenses.
        65. Six-day and early-closing licences.
        66. Sunday closing in Wales and Monmouthshire.
        67. Supplementary provisions for Welsh Sunday polls.
        Restriction orders with respect to licensed premises and clubs
        67A. Restriction orders.
        67B. Restriction orders: appeals
        67C. Revocation or variation of restriction orders.
        67D. Duty to post notice of restriction order on premises.
        Extension of permitted hours in licensed premises and clubs
        68. Extension of permitted hours in restaurants, etc.
        69. Application of paragraph (a) or (b) of s. 68(1).
        70. Extended hours in restaurants, etc. providing entertainment.
        71. Orders of licensing justices under s. 70.
        72. Orders of magistrates' court under s. 70.
        73. Supplementary provisions as to orders under s. 70.
        74. Exemption orders.
        75. Procedural provisions as to exemption orders outside metropolitan area.
        Special hours certificates
        76. Permitted hours where special hours certificate in force.
        77. Special hours certificates for licensed premises.
        77A. Provisional grant of special hours certificates by licensing justices
        78. Special hours certificates for clubs.
        78ZA. Provisional grant of Special Hours Certificates by Magistrates' Court
        78A. Limitations on special hours certificates.
        79. Licensing authority's certificate of suitability of club premises for music and dancing.
        80. Special hours certificates limited to particular days or parts of the year.
        81. Revocation of special hours certificates.
        81A. Special hours certificates: further powers to impose limitations as to hours.
        81AA. Special hours certificates: exclusion of Sundays in case of disturbance etc.
        81B. Special hours certificates: appeals
        82. Special hours certificate and extension or exemption orders in respect of same premises.
        83. Supplementary provisions as to special hours certificates.
        Millennium licensing hours
        83A. Millennium licensing hours
        Parties organised for gain
        84. Prohibition of consumption of intoxicating liquor outside general licensing hours at parties organised for gain.
        85. Supplemental provisions as to parties organised for gain.
        Miscellaneous
        86. Permitted hours in off-sales department of on-licensed premises.
        86A. International ports.
        87. International airports.
        87A. Power to vary permitted hours in on-licensed vineyard premises.
        88. Saving as to Sunday observance.
        Supplementary provisions
        89. Duty of licensee to post notice where permitted hours modified.
        90. Opening during permitted hours not obligatory.
        91. Procedure of licensing justices.
        92. Meaning of the magistrates' court in relation to clubs, and procedure on applications to magistrates' courts.
        Part IV Restaurants and Guest Houses
        93. Provisions as to grant of certain licences for restaurants, guest houses, etc.
        94. Conditions attached to Part IV licences for restaurants, guest houses, etc.
        95. Permitted hours in premises for which restaurant or residential and restaurant licence is in force.
        96. Requirement of sitting accommodation for residential licence or residential and restaurant licence.
        97. Restrictions concerning justices' licences for restaurants and guest-houses, etc.
        98. Grounds for refusing applications for Part IV licences.
        99. Application for Part IV licence in place of other on-licence.
        100. Power of court to disqualify for Part IV licences on conviction of certain offences.
        101. Supplementary provisions as to disqualification orders.
        Part V {no text}
        102. . . .
        103. . . .
        104-107. . . .
        Part VI New Towns
        108. Committee to determine distribution of licensed premises in new town.
        109. Formulation and submission to Minister of proposals by committee.
        110. Objections to and confirmation of proposals and power to revoke or vary.
        111. Grant of new licences and removals in new towns.
        112. Restriction on grant or variation of justices' licence for premises in new towns.
        113. Temporary licensed premises.
        114. Membership of committee not to disqualify licensing justice.
        115. Development corporation to provide services for, and pay expenses of, committee.
        116. Effect of transfer of development corporation's property to Commission for the New Towns.
        117. Meaning of"new town" and effect of revocation or variation of order designating site of proposed new town.
        Part VII Licensing Planning Areas
        118. Licensing planning areas.
        119. Licensing planning committees.
        120. Variation and abolition of licensing planning areas.
        121. Submission and confirmation of proposals.
        122. Planning removals.
        123. Limitations on power to grant or vary licences in licensing planning areas.
        124. Extinguishment of licences in licensing planning areas.
        125. Old on-licences in licensing planning areas.
        126. Temporary premises.
        127, 128. . . .
        129. Regulations.
        130. Membership of licensing planning committee not to disqualify licensing justice.
        131. . . .
        Part VIII Suspension of Licences by reason of War Circumstances
        132. Suspension of licence where business discontinued owing to war circumstances.
        133. Restoration to full force of licence in suspense.
        134. Extinguishment of licence in suspense when suspension no longer justified.
        135. Extinguishment of licence in suspense on grounds of conduct or fitness.
        136. . . .
        137. Discontinuance of business taking place during proceedings for renewal.
        138. Transfer of licence in suspense to owner of licensed premises.
        139. Appeals to quarter sessions.
        140. Rules, etc.
        Part IX Suspension of Licences by Reason of Compulsory Acquisition, etc.
        141. Suspension of justices' licence where licensed premises compulsorily acquired or temporary premises cease to be available.
        142. Restoration to full force of licence in suspense.
        143. Extinguishment of licence in suspense when suspension no longer justified.
        144. Extinguishment of licence in suspense on other grounds.
        145. Transfer of licence in suspense.
        146. Appeals to quarter sessions.
        147. Rules, etc.
        Part X Seamen's Canteens
        Canteen licences
        148. Licences for seamen's canteens authorising the holding of retailer's on-licences.
        149. Grant of canteen licences.
        150. Provisional canteen licences.
        150A. Variation of description of intoxicating liquor authorised to be sold.
        151. Renewal of canteen licences.
        152. Transfer of canteen licences.
        153. Alterations to canteen premises.
        153A. Revocation of canteen licences.
        154. Rights of appeal.
        Sale and supply of intoxicating liquor in licensed canteens
        155. Prohibition of sale, etc. of intoxicating liquor in canteens outside permitted hours.
        156. Permitted hours in licensed canteen.
        156A. Restriction orders.
        157. Prohibition of sale or supply of intoxicating liquor in canteens for consumption off the premises.
        Supplementary
        158. Exemption of licensed canteens from restrictions under s. 214 of Merchant Shipping Act 1894.
        159. . . .
        Part XI General Provisions Regulating Sale, etc., Possession and Delivery of Intoxicating Liquor
        160. Selling liquor without licence.
        161. Selling liquor in breach of conditions of licence.
        162. Keeping on premises of liquor of kind not authorised by licence.
        163. Delivery from vehicles, etc.
        164. Penalty for breach of terms of off-licence.
        165. Long pull prohibited.
        166. Restriction on credit sales.
        167. Saving for liqueur chocolates.
        Part XII Protection of Persons under Eighteen and other Provisions as to Conduct of Licensed Premises and Licensed Canteens.
        Persons under eighteen
        168. Children prohibited from bars.
        168A. Children's certificates.
        169A. Sale of intoxicating liquor to a person under 18.
        169B. Allowing the sale of intoxicating liquor to a person under 18.
        169C. Purchase of intoxicating liquor by or for a person under 18.
        169D. Exception to the section 169A-C offences.
        169E. Consumption of intoxicating liquor by a person under 18.
        169F. Delivery of intoxicating liquor to a person under 18.
        169G. Sending a person under 18 to obtain intoxicating liquor.
        169H. Penalty for offences.
        169I Enforcement role for weights and measures authorities in relation to certain offences
        170. Persons under 18 not to be employed in bars.
        170A. Employment in bars under approved training schemes
        171. Exclusion from sections 168 to 170 of bars while in regular use for service of table meals.
        171A. Prohibition of unsupervised off-sales by persons under 18.
        Preservation of order
        172. Licence holder not to permit drunkenness, etc.
        172A Other persons in authority not to permit drunkenness etc.
        173. Procuring drink for drunken person.
        174. Power to exclude drunkards, etc., from licensed premises.
        175. Prostitutes not to be allowed to assemble on licensed premises.
        176. Permitting licensed premises to be a brothel.
        177. Gaming on licensed premises.
        Offences in relation to constables
        178. Offences in relation to constables.
        Application to seamen's canteens and occasional licences
        179. Application of Part XII to seamen's canteens and premises for which occasional licence is in force.
        Part XIII Miscellaneous
        Closure of certain licensed premises due to disorder or disturbance.
        179A Closure order
        179B Consideration of closure order by certain justices
        179C Extensions of closure order
        179D Cancellation of closure order
        179E Revocation of justices' licence etc. after closure order
        179F Procedural requirements
        179G Rights of appeal
        179H Enforcement
        179I Exemption from liability for certain damages
        179J Offences by body corporate
        179K Interpretation of sections 179A to 179K
        Other
        180. Consent to grant of occasional licence.
        181. . . .
        181A. Sales to or by persons under 18 of intoxicating liquor on wholesale premises.
        182. Relaxation, with respect to licensed premises, of law relating to music and dancing licences and billiards.
        183. Name of holder of licence, etc., to be affixed to licensed premises.
        184. Communication between licensed premises and places of public resort.
        185. Licence or exemption order to be produced on demand.
        186. Right of constables to enter premises.
        187. Search warrant.
        188. Closing of licensed premises in case of riot.
        189. Temporary licence pending appeal against conviction.
        190. Magistrates' courts, etc. not to sit in licensed premises.
        191. Procedure for amending certain rules of clubs established before 3rd August 1961.
        Part XIV Supplemental
        192. Jurisdiction of justices.
        192A. Power of justices at licensing sessions to act in divisions.
        193. Disqualification of justices.
        193A. Power of clerk to licensing justices to grant unopposed renewals of justices' licences and canteen licences.
        193AA. Power of clerk to licensing justices to grant certain transfers etc.
        193B. Power of licensing justices to award costs.
        194. Prosecution of offences and disposal of forefeited goods.
        195. Application of s. 194 to offences under Licensing Act 1872 and Licensing Act 1902.
        196. Proof of sale or consumption of intoxicating liquor.
        196A. Extension to certain proceedings under this Act of section 97 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980.
        197. Service of notices, etc.
        198. Orders, rules and regulations.
        199. Exemptions and savings.
        200. Meaning of"licensed premises" in this Act and s. 12 of Licensing Act 1872.
        201. Interpretation of other expressions.
        202. Application to Isles of Scilly.
        203. Amendments, transitional provisions and repeals.
        204. Short title, commencement and extent.
        Schedules
        SCHEDULE 1 Constitution and Procedure of Licensing Justices
        Part I Licensing Committees
        Part II Licensing Sessions
        SCHEDULE 2 Applications for Justices' Licences
        SCHEDULES 3 and 4 . . .
        SCHEDULE 5 Requirements to be Complied With by Club's Application for Registration Certificate
        SCHEDULE 6 Procedure on Applications and Complaints relating to Registration Certificates
        Part I Issue, Renewal and Surrender of Registration Certificates
        Part II Complaint for Cancellation or Variation of Registration Certificate
        Part III General
        SCHEDULE 7 Provisions as to Club Rules
        SCHEDULE 8 Polls in Wales and Monmouthshire
        Appendix of Forms
        SCHEDULE 8A Procedure for Making, Varying or Revoking Restriction Orders
        Part I Applications to Licensing Justices
        Part II Applications to Magistrates' Courts
        SCHEDULE 8B MILLENNIUM LICENSING HOURS
        SCHEDULE 9 . . .
        SCHEDULE 10 Committee for New Town
        SCHEDULE 11 Licensing Planning Committees
        SCHEDULE 12 Applications for Grant and Transfer of Canteen Licences
        SCHEDULE 12A Children's Certificates: Supplementary Provisions
        SCHEDULE 13 . . .
        SCHEDULE 14 Transitional Provisions
        SCHEDULE 15 . . .

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