COMMENTARY ON SECTIONS General Section 181 – Appeals against decisions of licensing authorities
276.Applicants for and holders of licences and club premises certificates, applicants for provisional notices and interim authority notices and applicants for temporary event notices, responsible authorities and interested parties all have rights of appeal to a magistrates’ court against decisions of a licensing authority. The appeals mechanism is set out at Schedule 5. This section sets out the powers of the magistrates in determining such appeals.