{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-reform-and-social-responsibility-act-2011/section-118",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2011/13",
  "legislation_title": "Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-reform-and-social-responsibility-act-2011",
  "path": "section/118",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "118",
  "heading": "Persistently selling alcohol to children",
  "text": "(1) The Licensing Act 2003 is amended as set out in subsections (2) and (3).\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) In section 169A (closure notice for persistently selling alcohol to children)—\n(a) in subsection (2)(a), for “for a period not exceeding 48 hours” substitute “ , for the period specified in the notice, ”, and\n(b) in subsection (4), for “not more than 48 hours” substitute “ at least 48 hours but not more than 336 hours ”.\n(4) The amendment made by subsection (2) of this section applies in relation to offences that are committed on or after the commencement of that subsection.\n(5) The amendments made by subsection (3) of this section apply in relation to closure notices that are given on or after the commencement of that subsection in relation to offences committed before, on or after that commencement.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 118(2) omitted (12.3.2015) by virtue of The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/664), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 104 (with reg. 5(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 118(1)(3) in force at 22.3.2012 for specified purposes by S.I. 2012/896, art. 2(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 118(1)(3) in force at 25.4.2012 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2012/1129, art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 118(2)(4)(5) in force at 25.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/1129, art. 2(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/13/section/118",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:09:27.716276+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."
}