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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026/schedule-3/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026/schedule-3/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/18",
  "legislation_title": "Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Grant of licence",
  "text": "(1) The regulations may—\n(a) prohibit a licensing authority from granting a licence unless satisfied as to a matter specified in the regulations;\n(b) require a licensing authority to have regard, in deciding whether to grant a licence, to a matter specified in the regulations.\n(2) The provision that may be made under sub-paragraph (1)(a) includes—\n(a) provision prohibiting a licensing authority from granting a premises licence in respect of premises within an area of a description specified in the regulations;\n(b) provision limiting the number of licensed premises within an area of a description specified in the regulations.\n(3) The regulations may make provision requiring a licensing authority not to grant a premises licence unless the premises have been inspected in accordance with the regulations.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 2 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 175(2)(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/18/schedule/3/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:30:55.816893+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."
}