120 Determination of application for grant
Licensing Act 2003 (2003 c 17) | Legislation

120  Determination of application for grant

(1)     This section applies where an application for the grant of a personal licence is made to a licensing authority in accordance with section 117.

(2)     The authority must grant the licence if it appears to it that—

(a)     the applicant is aged 18 or over,

[(aa)     he is entitled to work in the United Kingdom,]

(b)     he possesses a licensing qualification or is a person of a prescribed description,

(c)     no personal licence held by him has been forfeited in the period of five years ending with the day the application was made, and

(d)     he has not been convicted of any relevant offence or any foreign offence [or required to pay an immigration penalty].

(3)     The authority must reject the application if it appears to it that the applicant fails to meet the condition in [any of paragraphs (a) to (c)] of subsection (2).

(4)     If it appears to the authority that the applicant meets the conditions in paragraphs [(a) to (c)] of that subsection but fails to meet the condition in paragraph (d) of that subsection, the authority must give

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