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Licences And Licensing, England And Wales

Made 15th September 2021

Coming into force 16th September 2021

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 107(12) and 197(2) of the Licensing Act 2003^f1 and section 11(14) of the Business and Planning Act 2020^f2.

The Secretary of State considers it reasonable to substitute the date specified in section 172F(10)(d)(i) of the 2003 Act, as that Act has effect by virtue of section 11(2) of the 2020 Act^f3, and the date specified in section 11(13) of the 2020 Act, with a later date in order to mitigate an effect of coronavirus^f4.

A draft of these Regulations has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House, in accordance with section 197(4) of the 2003 Act^f5 and section 23(6) of the 2020 Act.

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Footnotes

f1: 2003 c. 17.
f2: 2020 c. 16.
f3: Section 11(2) of the Business and Planning Act 2020 (c. 16) (“the 2020 Act”) modifies Part 9 (miscellaneous and supplementary) of the Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17) so that it has effect as if, after section 172E, there were inserted sections 172F to 172L, for a limited period.
f4: “Coronavirus” has the meaning given by section 11(15) of the 2020 Act.
f5: Section 197(4) was amended by section 23(3)(b) of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (c. 38), section 112(1) of, and paragraphs 29 and 44 of Schedule 7 to, the Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26) and section 67(12)(b) of the Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20).