COMMENTARY ON SECTIONS General Section 178 – Right of freeholder etc to be notified of licensing matters
273.This section provides that a person with a property interest in any premises situated in the licensing authority’s area may give notice of his interest to that authority in a prescribed form and on payment of a fee to be prescribed by the Secretary of State. Those who may take advantage of this arrangement include the freeholder or leaseholder, a legal mortgagee in respect of the premises, a person in occupation of the premises or any other person prescribed by the Secretary of State. The notice will have effect for 12 months but a new notice can be given every year. Whilst their notice has effect, the person or business involved will ,if any change relating to the premises concerned has been made to the licensing register which the licensing authority has a duty to keep under section 8, be notified of the matter to which the change relates.. They will also be notified of their right under section 8 to request a copy of the information contained in any entry in the register .