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Licensing Act 1904
Existing full on-licences given protection from refusal similar to that enjoyed by ante-1869 beerhouses.
Grounds for refusal were:
- That the premises have been ill-conducted, or are structurally deficient or structurally unsuitable.
- That the applicant is not a fit and proper person
- That the renewal would be void
Licensing Consolidation Act 1910
Consolidated existing law with minor amendments.
Licensing Act 1921
Changed the law relating to the closing of licensed premises. During W.W.I, regulations were made that premises should be closed to the public during certain hours. The act removed the requirement to close and allowed a system of ‘permitted hours’ outside of which the sale and consumption of intoxicants was prohibited. The premises could remain open outside these hours for other purposes.
Supper hour extension introduced.
Credit sales of drink prohibited.
Licensing Act 1953
Consolidated existing law with minor amendments.
Licensing Act 1961
- Introduction of restaurant and residential licences
- Enlargement of permitted hours and introduction of ‘drinking-up time’ (10 minutes)
- Power to remove by local option the ban on Sunday drinking in Wales
- Extension of provisions for late-night drinking in restaurants etc., extending the ‘supper-dance’ type of entertainment (Licensing Act 1949) from London to the whole country.
- Alterations to registration of clubs procedure
- Various procedural alterations
Licensing Act 1964
Consolidated existing law
The Finance Act 1967
Retail excise licences abolished.
The Finance Act 1981
Wholesalers no longer required to obtain an excise licence.
Licensing Act 1988
- Requirement for afternoon closure ended on weekdays.
- Extra hour on Sunday lunchtime
- Drinking-up time extended to 20 minutes
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