# The Licensing Act 2003 (Hearings) Regulations 2005, Regulation 9: Right to dispense with hearing if all parties agree

Extent: E+W

(1) An authority may dispense with holding a hearing if all persons required by the Act to agree that such a hearing is unnecessary, other than the authority itself, have done so by giving notice to the authority that they consider a hearing to be unnecessary.
(2) Where all the persons required by the Act to agree that a hearing is unnecessary have done so in accordance with paragraph (1), the authority, if it agrees that a hearing is unnecessary, must forthwith give notice to the parties that the hearing has been dispensed with.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/44/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-act-2003-hearings-regulations-2005/regulation-9
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