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Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Sale and supply of alcohol generally - Licensing bodies - General provisions relating to licensing authority and licensing committees

208: Licensing authority or licensing committee may waive certain omissions

You could also call this:

"The licensing authority can forgive small mistakes if they think you didn't mean to make them."

If you forget to do something exactly as the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 says, or you do it too late, the licensing authority or committee might let you off. They can do this if they think you didn't mean to forget. They will decide what is fair. You can see something similar in section 111 of another law.

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Licensing bodies: General provisions relating to licensing authority and licensing committees

208Licensing authority or licensing committee may waive certain omissions

  1. Where any person has neglected or omitted to do any act or thing in the precise manner or within the precise time prescribed by this Act, the licensing authority or (as the case may require) the licensing committee or the chairperson, if satisfied that the neglect or omission was not wilful, may waive the same on such terms as they think equitable.

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