{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-act-2003/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-act-2003/section-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/17",
  "legislation_title": "Licensing Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-act-2003",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Proceedings of licensing committee",
  "text": "(1) A licensing committee may establish one or more sub-committees consisting of three members of the committee.\n(2) Regulations may make provision about—\n(a) the proceedings of licensing committees and their sub-committees (including provision about the validity of proceedings and the quorum for meetings),\n(b) public access to the meetings of those committees and sub-committees,\n(c) the publicity to be given to those meetings,\n(d) the agendas and records to be produced in respect of those meetings, and\n(e) public access to such agendas and records and other information about those meetings.\n(3) Subject to any such regulations, each licensing committee may regulate its own procedure and that of its sub-committees.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 9 applied (21.5.2007) by Gambling Act 2005 (c. 19), ss. 154(5), 358 (with ss. 352, 354); S.I. 2006/3272, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 (with savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 4) (as amended by S.I. 2007/1157)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 9 applied (1.12.2007) by Gambling Act 2005 (c. 19), ss. 232(4), 358 (with ss. 352, 354); S.I. 2007/3155, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 9(2) in force at 16.12.2003 by S.I. 2003/3222, art. 2, Sch.; s. 9(1)(3) in force at 10.9.2004 by S.I. 2004/2360, art. 2(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/17/section/9",
    "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."
  }
}