# Licensing Hours Extensions Act 2026, Introduction: Introductory text

Extent: E+W

An Act to amend the Licensing Act 2003 so that licensing hours orders can be made by negative resolution statutory instrument.
[12th February 2026]
Be it enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/4/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-hours-extensions-act-2026/introduction
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