{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026/section-73",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026/section-73.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/23",
  "legislation_title": "English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026",
  "path": "section/73",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "73",
  "heading": "Standards relating to the renewal of a regulated licence",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may, by regulations, prescribe standards which are relevant to whether it is appropriate for a regulated licence to be renewed.\n(2) For each national standard prescribed under this section, the Secretary of State may, by regulations, provide for whether the licensing authority—\n(a) is required to refuse to renew the licence, or\n(b) has a power to refuse to renew the licence,\nif the licensing authority is not satisfied that the standard is met.\n(3) Regulations under subsection (2) which relate to a standard may include provision—\n(a) for the licensing authority—\n(i) to be required to give an opportunity to remedy the failure to meet the standard, or\n(ii) to have a power to give such an opportunity, and\n(b) for the requirement or power to refuse the renewal of the licence to cease to apply if the failure is remedied.\n(4) Regulations under this section may, in particular, provide for an existing power of refusal to be extended so that the existing power is used, or is treated as being used, to refuse the renewal of a licence where the licensing authority is not satisfied that a national standard is met.\n(5) In this section “existing power of refusal” means a power to refuse to renew a licence (whenever conferred) which arises otherwise than under regulations under this section.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 73 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 108(2)(6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/23/section/73",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:43:57.197615+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "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."
}