Explanatory Notes

Licensing Act 2003

2003 CHAPTER 17

10 July 2003

COMMENTARY ON SECTIONS

Part 9: Miscellaneous and Supplementary

Section 188 – Jurisdiction and procedure in respect of offences

283.This section provides that any fine imposed following the conviction of an unincorporated association should be paid out of the association’s funds. It provides that any proceedings brought against unincorporated associations must be brought in the name of the association, and not the name of any of its members. Certain legal procedures and rules relating to the service of documents will apply to unincorporated associations as to bodies corporate.