{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-act-2015/section-69",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-act-2015/section-69.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2015/20",
  "legislation_title": "Deregulation Act 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-act-2015",
  "path": "section/69",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "69",
  "heading": "Personal licences: no requirement to renew",
  "text": "(1) In section 115 of the Licensing Act 2003 (period of validity of personal licence), in subsection (1), for the words after “A personal licence” substitute “ has effect indefinitely. ”\n(2) The amendment made by subsection (1), and the consequential amendments made by Schedule 18, apply in relation to—\n(a) a personal licence granted under section 120 of the Licensing Act 2003 on or after the day on which this section comes into force;\n(b) a personal licence granted under section 120 of that Act before that day, or renewed under section 121 of that Act before that day, for a period expiring on or after that day.\n(3) Accordingly, any term in a personal licence granted as mentioned in subsection (2)(b) which provides for it to have effect only for a particular period has no effect on or after the day on which this section comes into force.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 69 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/994, art. 2(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/20/section/69",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:01:21.845018+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}