COMMENTARY ON SECTIONS General Section 57 – Duty to keep and produce licence
111.Under this section a premises licence holder must ensure that the licence or a certified copy is held on the premises to which it relates either by the licence holder or by an individual nominated for this purpose by the licence holder. A summary of the licence and notice of the individual responsible for the custody of the licence on the premises, if not the licence holder, must be displayed prominently on the premises. It will be an offence to fail to comply with these requirements or to fail to produce the licence or a certified copy to a constable or an authorised person (see section 13) on request. Subsection (9) provides that the requirements relate to the most up to date summary of the licence issued under section 23 or 56.