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  • “seasonal licence" has the meaning assigned to it by section 64(2) of this Act;

  • “secretary", in relation to a club, includes any officer of the club or other person performing the duties of a secretary and, in relation to a proprietary club where there is no secretary, the proprietor of the club;

  • “six-day licence" has the meaning assigned to it by section 65(2) of this Act;

  • “special hours certificate" means a certificate granted under section 77 [F16, 77A, 78 or 78ZA] of this Act;

  • “special order of exemption" has the meaning assigned to it by section 74(4) of this Act;

  • “special removal" has the meaning assigned to it by section 15(2) of this Act;

  • “statutory regulations for music and dancing" means—

    (i)

    [F17Schedule 12 to the London Government Act 1963; or

    (ii)

    Schedule 1 to the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982;]

  • “table meal" means a meal eaten by a person seated at a table, or at a counter or other structure which serves the purpose of a table and is not used for the service of refreshments for consumption by persons not seated at a table or structure serving the purpose of a table;

  • “temporary premises removal" has the meaning assigned to it by section 126(2) of this Act;

  • [F18“wine" means wine or made-wine as defined by section 1 of the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979.]

(2)For the purposes of this Act a person shal be treated as residing in any premises, notwithstanding that he occupies sleeping accommodation in a separate building, if he is provided with that accommodation in the course of a business of providing board and lodging for reward at those premises and the building is habitually used for the purpose by way of annexe or overflow in connection with those premises and is occupied and managed with those premises.

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F19

(4)Any provision in the Act requiring or authorising notice to be given to the chief officer of police shall be construed as requiring or authorising the notice to be given—

(a)if the premises to which the notice relates (that is to say, in the case of an application for a licence, the premises to be licensed) are in the City of London, to the Commissioner of Police for for the City;

(b)if the premises are in the metropolitan police district, to the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis;

(c)if the premises are in any other police area to the chief constable for that area.

(5)Except where the context otherwise requires, references in this Act to any enactment are references to that enactment as amended, and include references thereto as extended or applied, by any other enactment, including this Act.

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F1S. 201(1): definition inserted (3.1.1995) by 1994 c. 40, s. 39, Sch. 11 para. 7(3); S.I. 1994/3188, art. 3

F2Definition inserted by Finance Act 1967 (c. 54, SIF 68A:1), Sch. 7 para. 22(a)

F3Definition repealed by Licensing (Alcohol Education and Research) Act 1981 (c. 28, SIF 68A:1), s. 11, Sch. 2 Pt. I

F4Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30, SIF 115:1), s. 17(2)(a)

F5S. 201(1): definition inserted (1.2.1998) by S.I. 1998/114, art. 3(2)

F6Definition substituted by Finance Act 1967 (c. 54, SIF 68A:1), Sch. 7 para. 22(b)

F7Words substituted by Finance Act 1981 (c. 35, SIF 40:1), s. 11(2)(c), Sch. 8 para. 25

F8In s. 201(1) in the definition of “intoxicating liquor" para. (a) substituted (1.1.1994) by Licensing (Low Alcohol Drinks) Act 1990 (c. 21, SIF 68A:1, 2), ss. 1, 3(2)

F9Definition inserted by Licensing Act 1988 (c. 17, SIF 68A:1), s. 11(4)

F10Definition substituted by Administration of Justice Act 1964 (c. 42, SIF 82), Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 31(4)

F11Words in definition substituted (27.7.1999) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 76, 108, Sch. 10 paras. 23, 29 (with s. 107, Sch. 14 para. 7(2))

F12Words substituted by virtue of (W.) S.I. 1965/319, arts. 2, 10, Sch. 1 and (E.) 1970/1681, arts. 2(1), 6(3)

F13Definition substituted by Finance Act 1967 (c. 54, SIF 68A:1), Sch. 7 para. 22(c)

F14Definition inserted by Licensing Act 1988 (c. 17, SIF 68A:1), ss. 3(3), 20(3)

F15Definition substituted by Licensing (Retail Sales) Act 1988 (c. 25, SIF 68A:1) ss. 1(1), 4(2)

F16S. 201(1): words in definition substituted (1.3.1996) by S.I. 1996/977, art. 5(9)

F17Words substituted by Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (c. 30, SIF 81:1), Sch. 2 para. 6

F18Definition inserted by Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 (c. 4, SIF 40:1), Sch. 3 para. 5(1)(3)(b)

F19S. 201(3) repealed by Administration of Justice Act 1964 (c. 42, SIF 82), Sch. 5

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 201 extended by Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983 (c. 24, SIF 63A:1), s. 4(2)(e)

C2Para. (e) of definition of “sale by retail" explained by Licensing (Retail Sales) Act 1988 (c. 25, SIF 68A:1), ss. 1(2), 4(2)

Marginal Citations

M11981 c. 64 (123:3).

M21979 c. 4 (40:1).

M31983 c.24(68A:1).

202 Application to Isles of Scilly

(1)The Secretary of State may by order made in relation to the Isles of Scilly provide—

(a)for sustituting, for the provisions of this Act other than Part X prohibiting the sale or supply of intoxicating liquor except as authorised by or under those provisions, a prohibition of the sale or supply of intoxicating liquor except as authorised by annual or occasional permits granted by the joint police committee for the Isles of Scilly and in accordance with such conditions as the permits may specify;

(b)for the exercise by that committee of the functions of licensing justices under Part III of this Act [F1, under section 168A of this Act][F2, under the M1Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983] and under [F3section 6 of the M2Gaming Act 1968] and ofthe functions of justices of the peace under section 74 of this Act.

(2)An order under this section ay contain such supplemental and consequential provisions as appear to the Secretary of State expedient for the purposes of the order, including supplemental or consequential provisions excluding, modifying, or adapting any enactment relating to the sale or supply of intoxicating liquor in its application to the Isles of Scilly.

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F1Words in s. 202(1)(b) inserted (3.1.1995) by 1994 c. 40, s. 39, sch. 11 para. 1(5); S.I. 1994/3188, art. 3

F2Words inserted by Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983 (c. 24, SIF 68A:1), s. 4(4)

F3Words substituted by Gaming Act 1968 (c. 65, SIF 12:1), Sch. 11 Pt. III

Marginal Citations

M11983 c. 24 (68A:1).

M21968 c. 65 (12:1).

203†Amendments, transitional provisions and repeals

(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

(2)This Act shall have effect subject to the transitional provisions contained in Schedule 14 to this Act.

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F1S. 203(1)(3) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Unreliable margin note

204 Short title, commencement and extent

(1)This Act may be cited as the Licensing Act 1964.

(2)This Act shall come into force on 1st January 1965.

(3)This Act does not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.