{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-act-2003/section-117",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-act-2003/section-117.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/17",
  "legislation_title": "Licensing Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-act-2003",
  "path": "section/117",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "117",
  "heading": "Application for grant ... of personal licence",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) An application by an individual for the grant of a personal licence—\n(a) must, if the applicant is ordinarily resident in the area of a licensing authority, be made to that authority, and\n(b) may, in any other case, be made to any licensing authority.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) Subsection (1) is subject to regulations under section 133 (form etc. of applications and notices under this Part).\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 117(1) omitted (1.4.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(7), Sch. 18 para. 4(3) (with s. 69(2)(3)); S.I. 2015/994, art. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 117(2) inserted (1.4.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(7), Sch. 18 para. 4(4) (with s. 69(2)(3)); S.I. 2015/994, art. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 117(3) omitted (1.4.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(7), Sch. 18 para. 4(5) (with s. 69(2)(3)); S.I. 2015/994, art. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 117(4) omitted (1.4.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(7), Sch. 18 para. 4(5) (with s. 69(2)(3)); S.I. 2015/994, art. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 117(6) omitted (1.4.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(7), Sch. 18 para. 4(5) (with s. 69(2)(3)); S.I. 2015/994, art. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 117 heading heading omitted (1.4.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(7), Sch. 18 para. 4(2) (with s. 69(2)(3)); S.I. 2015/994, art. 2(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/17/section/117",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:08:59.105892+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}