{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-act-2003/section-183",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-act-2003/section-183.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/17",
  "legislation_title": "Licensing Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-act-2003",
  "path": "section/183",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "183",
  "heading": "Hearings",
  "text": "(1) Regulations may prescribe the procedure to be followed in relation to a hearing held by a licensing authority under this Act and, in particular, may—\n(a) require a licensing authority to give notice of hearings to such persons as may be prescribed;\n(b) make provision for expedited procedures in urgent cases;\n(c) make provision about the rules of evidence which are to apply to hearings;\n(d) make provision about the legal representation at hearings of the parties to it;\n(e) prescribe the period within which an application, in relation to which a hearing has been held, must be determined or any other step in the procedure must be taken.\n(2) But a licensing authority may not make any order as to the costs incurred by a party in connection with a hearing under this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 183(1) in force at 16.12.2003 by S.I. 2003/3222, art. 2, Sch.; s. 183(2) in force at 7.2.2005 by S.I. 2004/2360, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/17/section/183",
    "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."
  }
}