Part 1: Consumption of food and drink outdoors Section 4: Duration
Section 4 provides that a local authority can decide, when it is granting a licence, how long the licence should last for, or it can leave it open ended, in which case it will expire at the end of 30 September 2021. However, the licence must have a minimum duration of 3 months and it cannot extend beyond 30 September 2021. Where a licence is deemed to have been granted, the default position is that it will last for a year. If there is less than a year to run from the date of the determination, or deemed grant, to 30 September 2021, the licence will be for less than a year and will end at the end of 30 September 2021 see subsection (4).