The Act establishes a new system for licensing and controlling the sale and supply of alcohol, the provision of regulated entertainment and the provision of refreshment late at night. Responsibility for this new licensing regime will be under the control of local authorities.
Licensing Policy
The Act sets out procedures for regulating the way that the Council carries out its licensing functions. Every three years the Council must determine and publish a statement of its licensing policy. On 31 October 2007 the Council approved its policy after an extensive consultation process.
Consultation - Draft Licensing Policy Statement 2010 - 2011
The Councils licensing policy was reviewed on 7 January 2008. At this time the next review date was shown as 7 January 2010 a term of 2 years. It has been decided that the Council should review thier policy on 7 January 2010 for a period of 1 year to bring it in line with the Secretary of States Guidance and Section 5(1)(a) of the Licensing Act 2003.
Please read this inconjunction with the existing policy statement for 2008-2010. The consultation period in respect of the draft policy will end on 1 October 2009 so if you wish to submit comments on the document they must be received by that date.
Please address any comments in writing to:-
Mr Peter Hibbert
Licensing Section
Town Hall
Library Street
Wigan
WN1 1YN.
Licensing Objectives
The Act sets out four licensing objectives that the Council has a duty to promote in carrying out its licensing functions. These are:
- prevention of crime and disorder;
- public safety;
- prevention of public nuisance; and
- protection of children from harm.
The new licensing system is achieved by issuing authorisations through:-
- personal licences,
- premises licences,
- club premises certificates and
- temporary events notices.
