Part 2Licensing bodies and officers

Local Licensing Forums

11General functions of Local Licensing Forums

1

Each Local Licensing Forum has the following general functions—

a

keeping under review—

i

the operation of this Act in the Forum’s area, and,

ii

in particular, the exercise by the relevant Licensing Board or Boards of their functions, and

b

giving such advice and making such recommendations to that or any of those Boards in relation to those matters as the Forum considers appropriate.

2

Subsection (1) does not enable a Local Licensing Forum to—

a

review, or

b

give advice, or make recommendations, in relation to,

the exercise by a Licensing Board of their functions in relation to a particular case.

3

In this section, section 12 and schedule 2, “relevant Licensing Board”, in relation to a Local Licensing Forum, means—

a

the Licensing Board for the Forum’s area, or

b

in the case of a Local Licensing Forum for a council area which is divided into licensing divisions, each of the Licensing Boards for those divisions.