{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-services-act-2007/section-84",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-services-act-2007/section-84.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/29",
  "legislation_title": "Legal Services Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-services-act-2007",
  "path": "section/84",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "84",
  "heading": "Application for licence",
  "text": "(1) A licensing authority other than the Board must determine any application for a licence which is made to it.\n(2) The Board (acting in its capacity as a licensing authority) may determine an application for a licence which is made to it only if the applicant is entitled to make the application by virtue of a decision of the Board (acting otherwise than in its capacity as a licensing authority) under Schedule 12.\n(3) A licensing authority may not grant an application for a licence unless it is satisfied that if the licence is granted the applicant will comply with its licensing rules.\n(4) If the licensing authority grants an application for a licence, it must issue the licence as soon as reasonably practicable.\n(5) The licence has effect from the date on which it is issued.\n(6) References in this section to an application for a licence are to an application for a licence which is—\n(a) made to a licensing authority by a licensable body, in accordance with the authority's licensing rules, and\n(b) accompanied by the required application fee (if any).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 84 partly in force; s. 84 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 211; s. 84(2) in force at 1.1.2009 by S.I. 2008/3149, art. 2(d)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 84(1)(3)-(6) in force at 1.10.2011 by S.I. 2011/2196, art. 2(1)(c) (with arts. 3, 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/29/section/84",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:22.589914+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."
}