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Article 4 Applications for the renewal of licencesI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

Notice of application for the renewal of a licence, in accordance with Article 14 and paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 4 shall be in Form 1.

(2)

Where on such an application the applicant intends also to make an application under Article 43 (for an order directing that the hours be the alternative permitted hours), or under Article 44 (for an order for additional permitted hours) F1or under Article 44A (for an order for further additional permitted hours), or under Article 48 (for an order specifying part of the premises as suitable for extension licences) or under F2Article 58A (for an order specifying part of the premises as suitable for underage functions), he shall attach to the notice in Form 1 served on the clerk of petty sessions F3..., and to the copies required to be served by paragraph 3 of Schedule 4, a notice in Form 15, 16, F416A, 17 or 20, as may be appropriate and, (except where an order is in force in relation to the part of the premises to which the application relates and no structural alteration to that part of the premises has been made since the order was granted), a plan of the premises distinguishing the part thereof to which the application relates.

F5(2A)

Where on such application the applicant intends also to make an application under Article 44 or Article 44A, a copy of the pages of the newspapers bearing the notices referred to in paragraph 2A of Schedule 9, endorsed with the date on which they were published, shall be lodged with the clerk of petty sessions a reasonable time before the hearing of the application.

(3)

Notice of intention to object to the renewal of a licence, in accordance with Article 15 and paragraphs 5 and 6 of Schedule 4, shall be in Form 2.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in rule 4(2) inserted (4.1.2022) by The Magistrates’ Courts (Licensing) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/339), rules 1, 2(1)(a)

F2

Words in rule 4(2) substituted (7.4.2022) by The Magistrates’ Courts (Licensing) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/123), rules 1, 2(2)

F3

Words in rule 4(2) omitted (31.10.2016) by virtue of The Magistrates’ Courts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/303), rules 2, 21(2); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(a)

F4

Word in rule 4 inserted (4.1.2022) by The Magistrates’ Courts (Licensing) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/339), rules 1, 2(1)(b)

F5

Rule 4(2A) inserted (4.1.2022) by The Magistrates’ Courts (Licensing) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/339), rules 1, 2(1)(c)

Commencement

I1

Rule 4 in operation at 20.2.1997, see rule 1