Territorial Extent Schedule 8: Gambling Appeals Tribunal Part 8: Premises Licences Section 153: Principles to be applied
415.This section sets out the principles that licensing authorities should apply when exercising their premises licensing functions under this Part. They must to aim to permit the use of premises for gambling, in so far as the authority thinks that permission:
	accords with relevant Commission codes of practice and guidance under sections 24 and 25;
	is reasonably consistent with the licensing objectives; and
	is in accordance with the authority’s three-year licensing policy (established by the authority under section 349 of the Act).
416.Under legislation repealed by this Act, it has been a requirement that the grant of certain gambling permissions should take account of whether there is unfulfilled demand for the facilities. This is the case, for example, for a casino licence under Part II of the Gaming Act 1968 or a bookmaker’s permit under the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963. Unmet demand is not to be a criterion that a licensing authority is permitted to take into account when considering an application for a premises licence, and subsection (2) provides for this.