Statutory Instruments
2004 No. 1739
LICENCES AND LICENSING
Licensing Act 2003 (First appointed day and personal licences transitional period) Order 2004
Made
7th July 2004 at 12.27pm
Laid before Parliament
7th July 2004
Coming into force
1st August 2004
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by paragraphs 1(1), 13(1) and 23(2) of Schedule 8 to the Licensing Act 2003( 1 ) hereby makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Licensing Act 2003 (First appointed day and personal licences transitional period) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 1st August 2004.
(2) In this Order—
“the Act” means the Licensing Act 2003;
“Schedule 8” means Schedule 8 to the Act.
First appointed day
2. For the purposes of Part 1 (premises licences) and Part 2 (club premises certificates) of Schedule 8, the “first appointed day” shall be 7th February 2005.
Personal licences transitional period
3. For the purposes of Part 3 of Schedule 8 (personal licences), the “transitional period” shall be the period commencing on 7th February 2005 and ending on 6th August 2005.
Tessa Jowell
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
7th July 2004
Licensing Act 2003 c. 17