The Deregulation (Special Hours Certificates) Order 1996

Consequential amendments to the Licensing Act 1964

5.—(1) The Licensing Act 1964 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1) of section 78A(1) for “or 78” there shall be substituted “, 77A, 78 or 78ZA”.

(3) In section 80—

(a)in subsection (1), for “or 78” there shall be substituted “,77A, 78 or 78ZA”, and

(b)in subsection (4), after “77” there shall be inserted “or, as the case may be, 77A”.

(4) In section 81—

(a)in subsection (2)—

(i)after “78”, in the first place where it occurs, there shall be inserted “or 78ZA”, and

(ii)for “or, as the case may be, section 78” there shall be substituted “, 77A, 78 or, as the case may be, 78ZA”, and

(b)in subsection (4), after “78” there shall be inserted “or 78ZA”.

(5) In section 81B(1)—

(a)in paragraph (a), for “or 78” there shall be substituted “, 77A, 78 or 78ZA”,

(b)at the end of paragraph (b), “or” is hereby repealed, and

(c)after paragraph (c) there shall be inserted—

“(d)to refuse to declare the provisional grant of a special hours certificate final, or

(e)to refuse to give consent, on the application of the person who applied for the certificate, to any modification of the deposited plans.”.

(6) In section 91, after “77,” there shall be inserted “77A,”.

(7) In section 92(2)(c), after “78” there shall be inserted “or 78ZA”.

(8) In section 186, in subsection (1) and (1A)(c), after “78” there shall be inserted “or 78ZA”.

(9) In section 201(1), in the definition of “special hours certificate” for “or section 78” there shall be substituted “, 77A, 78 or 78ZA”.