# English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026, Paragraph 20

Extent: E+W

In Schedule 5 (appeals)—
(a) after paragraph 1 insert—
“1A Where the Mayor of London gives a direction to a London licensing authority—
(a) to reject an application for a premises licence under section 25C, or
(b) to reject (in whole or in part) an application to vary a premises licence under section 41ZB,
the applicant may appeal against the direction.”;
(b) after paragraph 2 insert—
“2A (1) This paragraph applies where the Mayor of London gives a direction to a London licensing authority under section 25C to grant a premises licence.
(2) The holder of the licence may appeal against the following aspects of any such direction—
(a) to impose conditions on the licence under subsection (1)(a)(i) of that section;
(b) to impose conditions on the licence under subsection (1)(b)(i) of that section;
(c) to exclude licensable activities from the scope of the licence under subsection (1)(c)(i) of that section;
(d) to refuse to specify a person in the licence as the premises supervisor under subsection (1)(c)(ii) of that section.
(3) A person who made relevant representations in relation to the application under section 18 may appeal against the Mayor’s direction to grant the licence on the following basis—
(a) that the licence ought not to have been granted, or
(b) that the direction ought to have imposed different or additional conditions under section 25C(1)(a)(i) or (b)(i), or to have taken a step mentioned in section 25C(1)(c)(i) or (ii).”;
(c) in the heading of paragraph 4, after “35” insert “or 41ZB”;
(d) after paragraph 4 insert—
“4A (1) This paragraph applies where the Mayor of London gives a direction to a London licensing authority under section 41ZB to grant an application to vary a premises licence (in whole or in part).
(2) The applicant may appeal against any direction under that section to make permitted modifications to the conditions of the licence.
(3) A person who made relevant representations in relation to the application under section 35 may appeal against the Mayor’s direction to grant the application on the following basis—
(a) that any variation made ought not to have been made, or
(b) that, when directing the licence to be varied, the Mayor ought not to have directed that permitted modifications be made to the conditions of the licence, or ought to have directed that different permitted modifications be made to the conditions.
(4) In sub-paragraph (3), “permitted modifications” has the meaning given in section 41ZB(10).”;
(e) in paragraph 9—
(i) in sub-paragraph (2), for the words from “the day” to the end substitute—
“(a) on an appeal under paragraph 1A, 2A or 4A, the day on which the appellant was notified by the London licensing authority of the outcome of the direction appealed against, and
(b) on any other appeal under this Part, the day on which the appellant was notified by the licensing authority of the decision appealed against.”;
(ii) after sub-paragraph (3) insert—
“(3A) On an appeal under paragraph 2A(3) or 4A(3), the holder of the premises licence is to be the respondent in addition to the Mayor of London.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/23/schedule/26/paragraph/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026/schedule-26/paragraph-20
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