{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-northern-ireland-order-1990/article-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-northern-ireland-order-1990/article-25.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1990/594",
  "legislation_title": "The Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-northern-ireland-order-1990",
  "path": "article/25",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Concurrent transfer and renewal of licences",
  "text": "(1) Where a person applies for a transfer of a licence the holder of which has not applied for a renewal thereof, the court on the application of that person may renew the licence before transferring it to him.\n(2) A court shall not renew a licence on an application under this Article unless the application is made—\n(a) within the 3 months immediately preceding the date on which the licence is due to expire; or\n(b) not later than the end of the licensing year next following the date on which the licence expired; or\n(c) during the currency of a protection order.\n(3) The procedure for applications under this Article for the renewal of licences is set out in Part I of Schedule 4 as modified by Part II of that Schedule.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1990/594/article/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:46:53.650498+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}