[169A Closure notices for persistently selling alcohol to children]
Licensing Act 2003 (2003 c 17) | Legislation

[Closure notices]

[169A  Closure notices for persistently selling alcohol to children]

[(1)     A relevant officer may give a notice under this section (a “closure notice”) applying to any premises if—

(a)     there is evidence that a person (“the offender”) has committed an offence under section 147A in relation to those premises;

(b)     the relevant officer considers that the evidence is such that, if the offender were prosecuted for the offence, there would be a realistic prospect of his being convicted; and

(c)     the offender is still, at the time when the notice is given, the holder of a premises licence in respect of those premises, or one of the holders of such a licence.

(2)     A closure notice is a notice which—

(a)     proposes a prohibition[, for the period specified in the notice,] on sales of alcohol on the premises in question; and

(b)     offers the opportunity to discharge all criminal liability in respect of the alleged offence by the acceptance of the prohibition proposed by the notice.

(3)     A closure notice must—

(a)     be in the form prescribed by regulations made

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