The Licensing Act 2003 (Premises licences and club premises certificates) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
These Regulations amend the Licensing Act 2003 (Premises licences and club premises certificates) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/42) (“the 2005 Regulations) to give effect to certain amendments made to the Licensing Act 2003 (“the 2003 Act”) by the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011. The category of “interested party” is removed from the 2003 Act to enable any person to participate in the various processes set out in that Act, regardless of their physical proximity to the premises concerned. Moreover, the Secretary of State must by regulations require licensing authorities to advertise certain applications in a prescribed form and in a prescribed manner which is likely to bring the application to the attention of persons likely to be affected by it.