{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-act-2003-premises-licences-and-club-premises-certificates-regulations-2005/regulation-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-act-2003-premises-licences-and-club-premises-certificates-regulations-2005/regulation-25.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/42",
  "legislation_title": "The Licensing Act 2003 (Premises licences and club premises certificates) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-act-2003-premises-licences-and-club-premises-certificates-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/25",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Advertisement of applications by applicant",
  "text": "In the case of an application for a premises licence under section 17, for a provisional statement under section 29, to vary a premises licence under section 34 (except where the only variation sought is the inclusion of the alternative licence condition), for a club premises certificate under section 71 or to vary a club premises certificate under section 84, the person making the application shall advertise the application, in both cases containing the appropriate information set out in regulation 26—\n(a) for a period of no less than 28 consecutive days starting on the day after the day on which the application was given to the relevant licensing authority, by displaying a notice,\n(i) which is—\n(aa) of a size equal or larger than A4,\n(bb) of a pale blue colour,\n(cc) printed legibly in black ink or typed in black in a font of a size equal to or larger than 16;\n(ii) in all cases, prominently at or on the premises to which the application relates where it can be conveniently read from the exterior of the premises and in the case of a premises covering an area of more than 50 metres square, a further notice in the same form and subject to the same requirements every fifty metres along the external perimeter of the premises abutting any highway; and\n(b) by publishing a notice—\n(i) in a local newspaper or, if there is none, in a local newsletter, circular or similar document, circulating in the vicinity of the premises;\n(ii) on at least one occasion during the period of 10 working days starting on the day after the day on which the application was given to the relevant licensing authority.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 25 inserted (29.7.2009) by The Licensing Act 2003 (Premises Licences and Club Premises Certificates) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1809), regs. 1, 2(11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 25 heading substituted (25.4.2012) by The Licensing Act 2003 (Premises licences and club premises certificates) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/955), regs. 1, 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 25 in force at 7.2.2005, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/42/regulation/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:11:52.120718+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."
}