Licensing Act 1953

{{Short description|Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2026}}
{{Infobox UK legislation
| short_title = Licensing Act 1953{{efn|Section 169(1).}}
| type = Act
| parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title = An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to justices' licences for the sale by retail of intoxicating liquor and to the registration of clubs and to matters connected therewith with corrections and improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act, 1949.
| year = 1953
| citation = [[1 & 2 Eliz. 2]]. c. 46
| territorial_extent = [[England and Wales]]{{efn|Section 169(2).}}
| royal_assent = 31 July 1953
| commencement = 1 November 1953{{efn|Section 169(3).}}
| repeal_date = 1 January 1965
| amends = See {{Section link||Repealed enactments}}
| replaces = See {{Section link||Repealed enactments}}
| amendments =
| repealing_legislation = [[Licensing Act 1964]]
| related_legislation =
| status = Repealed
| original_text = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/1-2/46/contents/enacted
| use_new_UK-LEG = no
}}

The '''Licensing Act 1953''' ([[1 & 2 Eliz. 2]]. c. 46) was an [[Act of Parliament (United Kingdom)|act]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] that consolidated enactments related to justices' licences for the sale by retail of intoxicating liquor and the registration of clubs in [[England and Wales]].{{Cite journal |last=Bradley |first=A. W. |date=1961 |title=Licensing Justices. Bias. Disqualification. Licensing Act, 1953 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4504683 |journal=The Cambridge Law Journal |volume=19 |issue=1 |pages=8–11 |issn=0008-1973}}

== Provisions ==
=== Repealed enactments ===
Section 168(1) of the act repealed 28 enactments, listed in the tenth schedule to the act.{{Cite legislation UK|act=Licensing Act 1953|type=act|year=Eliz2/1-2|chapter=46}}

{| class="wikitable"
!Citation
!Short title
!Extent of repeal
|-
|[[35 Geo. 3]]. c. 113
|[[Sale of Beer Act 1795]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[2 & 3 Vict.]] c. 47
|[[Metropolitan Police Act 1839]]
|Section forty-five.
|-
|[[2 & 3 Vict.]] c. 93
|[[County Police Act 1839]]
|Section sixteen.
|-
|[[10 & 11 Vict.]] c. 89
|[[Town Police Clauses Act 1847]]
|Section thirty-four.
|-
|[[2 Edw. 7]]. c. 28
|[[Licensing Act 1902]]
|Section seven.
|-
|[[10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5]]. c. 8
|[[People's Budget|Finance (1909–10) Act 1910]]
|Section eighty-seven.
|-
|[[10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5]]. c. 24
|[[Licensing (Consolidation) Act 1910]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[11 & 12 Geo. 5]]. c. 42
|[[Licensing Act 1921]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[13 & 14 Geo. 5]]. c. 28
|[[Intoxicating Liquor (Sale to Persons under Eighteen) Act 1923]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[15 & 16 Geo. 5]]. c. 90
|[[Rating and Valuation Act 1925]]
|In section twenty, in subsection (1), the words from "and for the purpose of determining" to "1910" and the words "or the value of the premises is to be determined" and subsection (2).
|-
|[[23 & 24 Geo. 5]]. c. 12
|[[Children and Young Persons Act 1933]]
|Section six.
|-
|[[24 & 25 Geo. 5]]. c. 26
|[[Licensing (Permitted Hours) Act 1934]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8]]. c. 51
|[[Housing Act 1936]]
|Section forty-seven.
|-
|[[5 & 6 Geo. 6]]. c. 21
|[[Finance Act 1942]]
|In section ten, in subsection (1), the words "this and" and "and in the Sixth Schedule to this Act" and subsections (2) to (6). Part I of the Sixth Schedule.
|-
|[[7 & 8 Geo. 6]]. c. 23
|[[Finance Act 1944]]
|Sections eight and nine.
|-
|[[7 & 8 Geo. 6]]. c. 47
|[[Town and Country Planning Act 1944]]
|Section fifteen.
|-
|[[8 & 9 Geo. 6]]. c. 15
|[[Licensing Planning (Temporary Provisions) Act 1945]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[9 & 10 Geo. 6]]. c. 53
|[[Licensing Planning (Temporary Provisions) Act 1946]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[9 & 10 Geo. 6]]. c. 64
|[[Finance Act 1946]]
|Section twelve. The First Schedule.
|-
|[[10 & 11 Geo. 6]]. c. 35
|[[Finance Act 1947]]
|Section seventy-three.
|-
|[[10 & 11 Geo. 6]]. c. 51
|[[Town and Country Planning Act 1947]]
|In section forty-four, subsection (3). So much of the Eighth Schedule as amends section fifteen of the Town and Country Planning Act 1944, and the Licensing Planning (Temporary Provisions) Acts, 1945 and 1946. So much of the Eleventh Schedule as reprints section fifteen of the Town and Country Planning Act 1944.
|-
|12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. lv
|London County Council (General Powers) Act 1949
|In section forty-five, in subsection (1), the words from "and for the purpose of determining" to "Act 1910" and the words "or the value of the premises is to be determined" and paragraph (6) of the proviso.
|-
|[[12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6]]. c. 59
|[[Licensing Act 1949]]
|The whole act except subsection (1) of section four and sections twenty-six, twenty-seven, forty-two and forty-three.
|-
|[[12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6]]. c. 84
|[[War Damaged Sites Act 1949]]
|In section forty-two, in subsection (1), the definitions of "Act of 1921", "Act of 1945", "canteen", "London", "mess" and "registered", and subsection (3). Section fourteen.
|-
|[[12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6]]. c. 101
|[[Justices of the Peace Act 1949]]
|Section twelve.
|-
|[[15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2]]. c. 44
|[[Customs and Excise Act 1952]]
|In section nineteen, subsection (13). In section one hundred and fifty, paragraph (5) of the proviso to subsection (1). In section one hundred and fifty-one, in subsection (2), paragraph (a) and the proviso. In section three hundred and seven, in subsection (1), in the definition of "justices' licence or certificate", the words "licence or" and the words from "a justices' licence" to "1910, or".
|-
|[[15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2]]. c. 65
|[[Licensed Premises in New Towns Act 1952]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[1 & 2 Eliz. 2]]. c. 5
|[[Expiring Laws Continuance Act 1952]]
|In the Schedule, the entry relating to the Licensing Planning (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1945.
|}

== Subsequent developments ==
The whole act, except section 130, was repealed by section 203(3) of, and schedule 15 to, the [[Licensing Act 1964]], which came into force on 1 January 1965.{{Cite legislation UK|act=Licensing Act 1964|type=act|year=1964|chapter=26}}

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[[Category:United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1953]]
[[Category:Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning England and Wales]]
[[Category:Repealed United Kingdom Acts of Parliament]]
[[Category:Consolidation Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Alcohol law in the United Kingdom]]