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Part 2Licences and certificates
Certificates: how to get them

24Checks on applicants

  1. Within 3 weeks of receiving an application for a certificate, a Licensing Authority must obtain a report on the applicant showing—

  2. whether the applicant has been convicted of a specified offence within the past 5 years; and
    1. whether the applicant has been convicted of an offence under this Act, the Pawnbrokers Act 1908, or the Secondhand Dealers Act 1963 within the past 5 years; and
      1. whether the applicant has been subject to a sentence of imprisonment at any time within the past 5 years.

        1. On receipt of an application for a certificate, a Licensing Authority must send a copy of the application to—

        2. the Commissioner of Police; and
          1. the person providing the report under subsection (1) (unless the person is the Commissioner of Police).

            1. When a Licensing Authority receives the report provided under subsection (1), he or she must send a copy of the report to—

            2. the applicant; and
              1. the Commissioner of Police, if he or she did not provide that report.

                Notes
                • Section 24(1): amended, on , by section 304 of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).
                • Section 24(2): amended, on , by section 304 of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).
                • Section 24(3): amended, on , by section 304 of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).