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11. Procedure where applicant holds licence in respect of premises sought to be licensed

When the application for a certificate is made by a person who holds a licence in force in respect of the premises sought to be licenced, the following provisions shall have effect—

(a) the applicant shall, 10 days before the day appointed for the licensing session, send an application in the manner prescribed in Schedule 1 to the clerk of the district in which the premises sought to be licensed are situate and shall state in such application that he or she holds a licence then in force in respect of the premises;

(b) the applicant need not appear at the licensing session unless he or she is required by the licensing Board to attend;

(c) the licensing Board shall not entertain any objection to the grant of a certificate or take any evidence with respect thereto, unless written notice to oppose the grant stating the grounds of opposition shall have been served upon the clerk not less than 7 days before the day fixed for the holding of the licensing session or before the day fixed for the hearing of the application;

(d) the clerk shall serve upon the applicant a copy of the notice of objection at least 3 days before the date fixed for the hearing;

(e) the licensing Board may, although no adequate notice of objection or opposition shall have been given, adjourn the granting of the certificate to a future day and require the attendance of the applicant on such day when the case may be heard and the objection considered as if the notice herein before prescribed had been given;

(f) when any applicant for a certificate has, through inadvertence or other sufficient reason given to the satisfaction of the licensing Board, failed to comply with any of the preliminary requirements of this Act, the licensing Board may, if they think fit, and upon such terms as they think proper, postpone the consideration of the application to an adjourned session, and if at such adjourned session the Board shall be satisfied that such terms have been complied with, they may proceed to grant or withhold such certificate as if the preliminary requirements of this Act had been complied with.

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11. Procedure where applicant holds licence in respect of premises sought to be licensed

1. Short title

2. Interpretation

3. Licensing Districts and Constitution of Licensing Boards

4. Authority conferred by the different licences

5. Type of licences

6. Procedure for applying for licence

7. Annual and Quarterly Licensing Sessions

8. Sessions to be advertised

9. Adjournment of Sessions

10. Duration of Certificate