COMMENTARY ON SECTIONS General Section 17 - Application for a premises licence
58.Subsections (1) to (3) provide that applications for a premises licence should be made, in the form prescribed in regulations made by the Secretary of State, to the relevant licensing authority, and must be accompanied by an operating schedule, a plan of the premises and (if the application proposes that the licence will authorise the supply of alcohol) a form containing the consent of the individual whom it is proposed will be specified in the licence as the designated premises supervisor.
59.Subsection (4) provides that the operating schedule must set out various details relating to the operation of the premises when carrying on licensable activities, including the licensable activities to be carried out, the proposed hours of opening etc, the duration of the licence (if it is to have a fixed term), details about the individual (if any) who is to act as the designated premises supervisor, details of whether alcohol is to be supplied (if at all) for on-sales, off-sales or both, and a statement of how the applicant intends to promote the licensing objectives (for instance, the arrangements to be put in place to prevent crime and disorder, such as door security). The significance of the operating schedule is that if the application for the premises licence is approved, it will be incorporated into the licence itself and will set out the permitted activities and the limitations on them. As a consequence, it is the applicant who will decide, subject to the determination of applications by the authority, the nature and the extent of the activities and the conditions relating to the carrying on of the activities.
60.Subsection (5) provides that the Secretary of State must make regulations setting out how applications are to be advertised, and specifying when interested parties and responsible authorities can make representations to the authority.