Member

Lords amendments 43 to 79 provide that any licensing authority may temporarily suspend with immediate effect any licence, whether issued by that authority or by any other in England being exercised in its area, where necessary to address a risk to public safety. The new clauses place certain duties and obligations on the licensing authority about how these new powers will work—for example, the length of the suspension and what action the authority that issued the licence may take—but other details, such as the content of suspension notices, are to be set out in secondary legislation.