(a)the [F1chief constable], and

(b)any Licensing Standards Officer for the area in which the subject premises are situated.

F2(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3)A Licensing Standards Officer may, within 21 days of receipt of a notice under subsection (1)(b), prepare and submit to the Licensing Board a report setting out the Officer's comments on the application.

[F3(3A)If a Licensing Standards Officer intends to prepare and submit a report but is, for a reason relating to coronavirus, unable to do so within the period mentioned in subsection (3)—

(a)the Officer must, within that period, make the Licensing Board aware of that situation, and

(b)if the Officer submits a report after the end of that period, the Board may take the report into account if the Board considers it reasonable to do so.]

[F4(4)Subsection (5) applies where the Licensing Board is satisfied that the application requires to be dealt with quickly.

(5)[F5Subsection (3) has] effect in relation to the application as if the [F6reference] to the period of 21 days were [F7a reference] to such shorter period of not less than 24 hours as the Board may determine.]