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Part 2Licences and certificates
Licences: how to get licensed

9Issue of licence: individual applicant

  1. A Licensing Authority must issue a licence to an applicant who is an individual if—

  2. the applicant holds, or is eligible to hold, a certificate (see section 28(1)); and
    1. the application complies with the requirements of section 8(2).

      1. If an applicant does not hold a certificate, sections 24 to 27 apply as if the applicant were an applicant for a certificate.

      2. A licence issued to an individual must contain a photograph of the licence holder.

      Notes
      • Section 9(1): amended, on , by section 304 of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).