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Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Sale and supply of alcohol generally - Licensing generally, requirements on licensees, and conditions - Miscellaneous licensing provisions

73: Surrender of licence or manager's certificate

You could also call this:

"What happens when you give up your alcohol licence or manager's certificate"

If you have a licence or manager's certificate, you can give it up at any time by telling the secretary of the licensing committee and sending it to them. You do this by notifying the secretary of its surrender and sending the licence or certificate to the secretary. The licence or certificate stops being valid from the day the secretary gets it.

The secretary must then tell the licensing authority that you gave up your licence or certificate and record the day they were told and the day they got it. The secretary has to do a few things when you surrender your licence or certificate. They have to notify the licensing authority and record some dates.

If you give up your licence or certificate, you might get some of your money back. This is because you are entitled to a proportionate refund of any fee you paid. You get a refund by working out what part of the fee was for the time the licence or certificate was valid.

Giving up your licence or certificate does not mean you do not have to do things you were supposed to do before you gave it up. You still have to do what the law says you must do, even if you do not have a licence or certificate anymore. You are also still responsible for anything you did or did not do before you gave up your licence or certificate.

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Part 2Sale and supply of alcohol generally
Licensing generally, requirements on licensees, and conditions: Miscellaneous licensing provisions

73Surrender of licence or manager's certificate

  1. The holder of a licence or manager's certificate may at any time surrender it by—

  2. notifying the secretary of the licensing committee of its surrender; and
    1. sending it to the secretary.

      1. The licence or certificate ceases to have effect from the day the secretary receives it; and the secretary must—

      2. notify the secretary of the licensing authority that the licence or certificate was surrendered on that day; and
        1. record—
          1. the day on which he or she was notified of the surrender; and
            1. the day on which the licence or certificate was received.

            2. The licensee or person surrendering his or her manager's certificate is entitled to a proportionate refund of any fee paid for the licence or certificate, ascertained by—

            3. deducting from the amount of the fee the cost of processing the application for it or granting it; and
              1. calculating the proportion of the remainder that relates to the period for which the licence or certificate would have had effect if it had not been surrendered.

                1. The surrender of a licence or manager's certificate does not affect the licensee's or the manager's liability—

                2. to perform any obligation required to be performed by the licensee or manager by or under this Act before the date on which the licence or the manager's certificate ceases to have effect; or
                  1. for any act done or default made before that date.

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