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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-act-2003/schedule-8/paragraph-17",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/17",
  "legislation_title": "Licensing Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where an application is granted under paragraph 16, the relevant licensing authority must forthwith—\n(a) give the applicant a notice to that effect, and\n(b) issue the applicant with—\n(i) a certificate in respect of the premises (“the new certificate”) in accordance with paragraph 18, and\n(ii) a summary of the new certificate.\n(2) Where an application is rejected under paragraph 16, the relevant licensing authority must forthwith give the applicant a notice to that effect containing a statement of the authority’s reasons for its decision to reject the application.\n(3) The relevant licensing authority must give a copy of any notice it gives under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) to the chief officer of police for the police area (or each police area) in which the premises to which the notice relates are situated.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/17/schedule/8/paragraph/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:23.457524+00:00"
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  "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."
}