Duty to notify licensing authority of convictions
During application period
Where an applicant for the grant of a personal licence is convicted of a relevant offence or a foreign offence during the application period, or is required to pay an immigration penalty during that period, he must as soon as reasonably practicable notify the conviction or the requirement to pay (as the case may be) to the authority to which the application is made.
Failure to do this is an offence subject to a maximum level 4 fine of £2,500.
Where a personal licence has been granted but the licensing authority finds out about convictions during the application process which were not declared, the personal licence may be revoked.
A personal licence holder’s responsibilities
Where the holder of a personal licence is charged with a relevant offence, he must, no later than the time he makes his first appearance in a magistrates’ court in connection with that offence;
- produce to the court the personal licence, or
- if that is not practicable, notify the court of the existence of the personal licence and the identity of the relevant licensing authority and of the reasons why he cannot produce the licence.
Where a person charged with a relevant offence is granted a personal licenc after his first appearance in a magistrates’ court in connection with that offence, but before his conviction, and sentencing for the offence, at his next appearance in court in connection with that offence, that person must produce to the court the personal licence.
