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The Licensing Act 2003 (Licensing statement period) Order 2004

S.I. 2004/2362 · Made 9 September 2004

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LICENCES AND LICENSING

Made 9th September 2004

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 5(2)(a) of the Licensing Act 2003f1, hereby makes the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1

2003 c. 17

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Licensing statement period
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Licensing Act 2003 (Licensing statement period) Order 2004 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which this Order is made.

(2)

In this Order, “the Act” means the Licensing Act 2003.

2Licensing statement period

For the purposes of section 5(2) of the Act, the three year periodf1 shall begin on 7th January 2005.

Signature

Richard Caborn

Minister of State

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

9th September 2004

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order appoints, for the purposes of section 5 (statement of licensing policy) of the Licensing Act 2003, 7th January 2005 as the day the first period of three years begins in respect of which each licensing authority must determine its policy with respect to its licensing functions and publish a statement of that policy. It will govern the start of subsequent three year periods for the purposes of that section.