Explanatory note

This Order appoints, for the purposes of Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 8 to the Licensing Act 2003 (the Act), 7th February 2005 as the first appointed day (article 2). The first appointed day is the date on which an existing licence as defined in paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 8 to the Act, or an existing club certificate, as defined in paragraph 13(1) of the said Schedule, must have effect or be held for the purposes of converting such a licence or certificate to a new licence, as defined in paragraph 5 of that Schedule, or a new certificate, as defined in its paragraph 17.

Further, the first appointed day represents the commencement of the period of six months in which an application for the conversion of an existing licence or an existing club certificate may be made in accordance with Schedule 8 to the Act.

In addition, this Order specifies, for the purposes of Part 3 of Schedule 8 to the Act, the period beginning on 7 February 2005 until 6 August 2005 as the transitional period during which a holder of a justices' licence, as defined in paragraph 34 of the said Schedule, may apply for the grant of a personal licence and benefit from the requirements of that Part in respect of the determination of the application that do not attract the full requirements which would otherwise have to be complied with under Part 5 of the Act.