Regulation 23 Grant or refusal of licence

Subject to the following provisions of these Regulations, on an application to the licensing authority for a licence under this Part the licensing authority may—

The licensing authority must grant or refuse an application for a licence under this Part within the period of 90 days beginning immediately after the day on which it receives the application.

Paragraph (2) applies to an application only if the requirements of Schedule 3 have been met.

If a notice under regulation 30 requires the applicant to provide the licensing authority with information, the information period is not to be counted for the purposes of paragraph (2).

In paragraph (4), the “information period” means the period—

The licensing authority must give the applicant a notice stating the reasons for its decision in any case where—