Regulation 6 Grant and variation
Where the decision has been made to approve an application in accordance with regulation 5(1) or 5(2)(a) or (b) the licensing authority shall, provided that any appropriate fee prescribed by regulation 7 is received within the period of 28 days commencing on the date specified in paragraph (2), grant or vary the licence, as the case may be, and send the licence or any replacement licence to the applicant.
The date referred to in paragraph (1) is—
the date of service of the notice given in accordance with regulation 5; or
where an appeal is brought against that decision, the date of disposal or withdrawal of that appeal.
If any appropriate fee prescribed by regulation 7 is not received by the licensing authority in accordance with paragraph (1) the approval will lapse, the application will be deemed to have been withdrawn and the licensing authority shall be entitled to retain the fee accompanying it.