Regulation 7 Renewal of licences

Where the licensing authority has received an application for the renewal of a licence not less than 3 months but not more than 6 months before the expiry date of that licence, then that licence shall (subject to regulation 15(2)) be regarded as continuing in force until such time as a decision is issued on that application by the authority.

In the case of an application for a renewal of a licence, the licensing authority may rely, for the purposes of regulation 6(3), upon a report based on an inspection made in respect of the licence within a period of one year before the date on which the renewal is to commence.