Article 3 Removal of requirements relating to applicant for occasional permission

(1)

In section 1 (grant of occasional permissions)—

(a)

in subsection (1) (which provides for the grant of a permission to an officer of an organisation), for “an officer” there shall be substituted “a member”, and

(b)

in subsection (2) (which requires the officer to be resident in the licensing district)—

(i)

in paragraph (a), for “officer” there shall be substituted “member” and the words “and is resident in their licensing district” shall be omitted, and

(ii)

in paragraph (b), for “that district” there shall be substituted “their licensing district”.

(2)

In section 2 (which contains requirements relating to applications for occasional permissions)—

(a)

in subsection (1), in paragraph (c)—

(i)

at the beginning there shall be inserted “where the applicant is an officer in the organisation or branch holding the function,”, and

(ii)

for “the applicant’s office in the organisation or branch holding the function” there shall be substituted “his office”, and

(b)

after that subsection there shall be inserted—

“(1A)

Where an application for an occasional permission is made by a person who is not an officer in the organisation or branch holding the function in respect of which the application is made, the application shall contain a signed statement by an officer of the organisation or branch—

(a)

confirming that the application is made with its approval, and

(b)

indicating the nature of his office.”.