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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

211: Decisions to be given in writing

You could also call this:

"People making decisions about alcohol licences must write them down and explain why."

When you apply for a licence, the people making the decision must write it down. They must say why they made the decision, what reports they got about your application, and what those reports said about your application. They can say what the reports thought of your application in simple terms. The people making the decision must give a copy of it to you, to people who objected to your application and came to the hearing, to objectors who want a copy, and to certain other people mentioned in the section 202(4)(c).

The people in charge must make sure you can easily get a copy of their decisions. The local council must also make sure you can easily get copies of the decisions made by their committees. The decision starts on the date written in it, or if no date is written, on the day it was made. You can compare this to what the law said before in s 113.

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Part 2Sale and supply of alcohol generally
Licensing bodies: General provisions relating to licensing authority and licensing committees

211Decisions to be given in writing

  1. The licensing authority and every licensing committee must give its decision on an application in writing, and must state in it—

  2. the reasons for the decision; and
    1. what reports on the application were received; and
      1. the attitude towards the application of every report.

        1. The statement of the attitude towards an application of any report may be in general terms only.

        2. The licensing authority or licensing committee must give a copy of the decision to—

        3. the applicant; and
          1. each objector who appeared at the hearing; and
            1. any other objector who requests a copy; and
              1. each person referred to in section 202(4)(c).

                1. The licensing authority must take all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that copies of its decisions are publicly available.

                2. Every territorial authority must take all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that copies of all the decisions of its licensing committees are publicly available.

                3. A decision takes effect on the date stated in the decision (or, if no date is stated, on the date the decision is given).

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