Poppleston Allen

This Practice Note covers offences involving children and alcohol under the Licensing Act 2003 (LA 2003). It also includes time limits for bringing prosecutions. The offences include the sale or supply of alcohol to children, allowing the sale of alcohol to children, persistently selling alcohol to children and purchasing alcohol by or on behalf of children. It covers who a 'person' is for the purposes of a prosecution, the meaning of 'relevant premises', 'unlawfully sold', 'licensed premises and permitted temporary activities', 'responsible person' and adducing evidence of unlawful sale. It also covers possible statutory defences for each offence, sentencing for each offence and possible alternatives to prosecution.

This Practice Note explains the circumstances when a premises licence is required to authorise gambling activities. It explains the types of premises licences required for each activity, the eligibility criteria, the application process to the licensing authority from application through advertisement to hearing. It includes the mandatory conditions attached to a premises licence together with discretionary conditions. It also covers provisional statements and appeals against a licensing authority decision.

This Practice Note considers the three types of conditions that can be imposed on a premises licence granted under the Licensing Act 2003, namely mandatory, proposed and imposed conditions. It covers the detail of those conditions together with conditions that are not permitted.

This Practice Note sets out the law and practice in relation to the duties and responsibilities of a licensing authority under the Licensing Act 2003 (LA 2003). It covers the requirement for a licensing authority to establish a licensing committee to discharge its licensing functions and the option for a licensing committee to constitute one or more subcommittees to delegate most of its licensing functions. It also includes advice on best practice for licensing committees and/or sub-committees on how to conduct hearings and how to avoid common pitfalls.

This Practice Note expands upon the introduction provided in the Practice Note Introduction to premises licences by covering reviews of a premises licence. It covers who can initiate the review, how it should be conducted and how a decision can be appealed against. It also covers the processes for revoking, varying and transferring a licence together with the circumstances in which a licence lapses, and appeals against a licensing authority decision.

This Practice Note covers the offences that can be committed under the Licensing Act 2003 (LA 2003). It includes a summary of all of the offences contained in LA 2003, defences and maximum penalties, including offences relating to premises licenses, temporary activities and events licenses, personal licences, underage sale of alcohol, underage supply of alcohol to under 18 year olds and other general offences under the LA 2003.