Licensing Act 2003 (First appointed day and personal licences transitional period) Order 2004
This Order appoints, for the purposes of Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 8 to the Licensing Act 2003 (the Act), 7th February 2005 as the first appointed day (article 2). The first appointed day is the date on which an existing licence as defined in paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 8 to the Act, or an existing club certificate, as defined in paragraph 13(1) of the said Schedule, must have effect or be held for the purposes of converting such a licence or certificate to a new licence, as defined in paragraph 5 of that Schedule, or a new certificate, as defined in its paragraph 17.