Varying your certificate

During the transition period, any variations to existingcertificates, to take effect during transition, must still be appliedfor through the Licensing Justices. Variations to apply following theend of the transition period will need to be made to the Council.

An application to vary a certificate must be made to the Licensing Authority

The following documents must be enclosed:

You must also advertise the applicationand, on the same day you give the application to the Licensing Authority, provide each responsible authority with a copy of the application and accompanying documents.

Decision making
We are required to make our decisions regarding the granting oflicences utilising our policy and having regard to four licensingobjectives.

The certificate requested will be granted (possibly subject tocertain mandatory conditions regarding matters such as the sale ofalcohol, door supervisors or exhibition of films etc. or conditionsconsistent with the operating schedule unless representations have beenmade by a responsible authority or other 'interested parties'.

An 'interested party' includes:

• Any person living in the vicinity of the premises and/or any body representing such persons
• Any person involved in a business in the vicinity and/or a body representing such persons

note: this does not include either a local MP or the local authority

Representations can be made with regard to the likely effect of thegrant of the licence on the promotion of the licensing objectives and /or with regard to the identity of the premises supervisor. However,representations (other than those from the responsible authorities)will not be considered relevant where the licensing authority considersthem to be frivolous or vexatious.

The Council's licensing committee will consider theserepresentations with regard to the licensing objectives and may, onthis basis, either decide to

• Grant the Certificate, subject to any appropriate conditions
• Grant the Certificate but exclude one or more of the licensable activities
• Reject the application.

Timing
Neither the 'club premises certificate' nor any variation toexisting certificate terms will come into effect until the secondappointed day (November 2005) at the end of the 'transition' period.Thus, during the transition period, existing certificates will continueto be enforceable.

Application
If you wish to apply for a licence you can either:

• Download the  application form
• Contact the  Licensing Officer  for an application form