# Local Government Act 1972, Paragraph 23

Extent: E+W

(1) In section 2 of the House to House Collections Act 1939, in subsection (1), for the word “police”, in the first place where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “licensing” and the word “police”, in the second place where it occurs, shall be omitted.
(2) After that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection:—
“(1A) In this section “licensing authority” means—
(a) in relation to the City of London, the Common Council;
(b) in relation to the Metropolitan Police District, the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis ; and
(c) in relation to a district exclusive of any part thereof within the Metropolitan Police District, the district council.”
(3) In that section, in the proviso to subsection (2) and in subsections (3), (4) and (6), for the word “police”, wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “licensing”.
(4) In section 4(2)(e) of that Act the word “police” shall be omitted.
(5) In section 9 of that Act, in subsection (2), for the words from “said Commissioner” to the end of the subsection there shall be substituted the words “Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis by virtue of his being a licensing authority within the meaning of section 2 of this Act”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/70/schedule/29/paragraph/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/schedule-29/paragraph-23
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