COMMENTARY ON SECTIONS General Section 23 – Grant or rejection of application
70.A licensing authority which grants or refuses a premises licence is required through this section to notify its decision to the applicant, to any person who made relevant representations and to the chief officer of police for the relevant area. If the application is granted, the licensing authority must also notify those parties of any steps it took in response to relevant representations and its reasons for taking or not taking the steps available. It must issue the licence and a summary of it to the applicant. If the application is rejected, the licensing authority must notify those parties of the reasons for its decision.