Part 3Licensing trusts, community trusts, and other matters
Other matters: Transitional matters
407Disposal of applications made between 6 and 12 months after day of assent
This section applies to an application made under the 1989 Act for a licence, the cancellation, renewal, or suspension of a licence, or a variation of a licence, if it was filed—
- after the day 6 months after the day of assent; but
- before the day 12 months after the day of assent.
An application to which this section applies must be dealt with by the licensing authority or District Licensing Agency under the 1989 Act, but—
- as if such of the new provisions stated below as have corresponding provisions in the 1989 Act had effect in place of those corresponding provisions; and
- as if such of the new provisions stated below (if any) as do not have corresponding provisions in the 1989 Act were provisions of the 1989 Act; and
- as if references in the new provisions stated below to a licensing committee were references to the appropriate District Licensing Agency; and
- otherwise as if this Act (other than this section) had not been enacted.
This section, the 1989 Act, and the new provisions stated below must be given such fair, large, and liberal interpretation as is necessary to enable applications to which this section applies to be dealt with fairly and disposed of efficiently.
In this section, the new provisions stated below—
- means sections 3, 4, 5, 102, 103, 105, 106, 128, 129, 131, 132, 140, 141, and 142; and
- includes any part of any of those sections.