Article 7 Duration of licences
Subject to the provisions of this Order, any licence granted under this Order, or having effect as if so granted, shall remain in force until the expiry of the period of five years in which it comes or came into force, being one of the periods of five calendar years ending on 31st December in the year 1990 and in any fifth succeeding year.
Where an application for the grant of a licence by way of renewal of an existing licence is not determined before the date at which the existing licence expires, that licence shall remain in force until the application is determined:
Provided that, where the local authority decide to refuse to grant such a licence, the period during which the existing licence remains in force by virtue of this paragraph shall be extended until the expiration of the period within which the holder thereof may appeal in accordance with the provisions of Part IV of this Order against the local authority’s decision and, if such an appeal is made, until the appeal has been dismissed or withdrawn by the appellant or has been allowed by the Secretary of State, and, in the last case, until a licence has been issued to the appellant.