sec.203Validation of particular decisions relating to licences

### sec.203 Validation of particular decisions relating to licences This section applies if— before the commencement of this section, an authorised officer made a decision— to reject an application for a licence; or to reject an application to renew a licence; or to suspend a licence; or to revoke a licence; and in deciding or considering whether the applicant, or the licensee, for the licence is or is no longer a fit and proper person to hold a licence, the authorised officer considered a matter mentioned in new section 10B(1)(b) or (c) or 10C(1)(a) or (b). It is declared that the decision is taken to be, and to have always been, as valid and lawful as it would be or would have been had each of the following provisions been in force when the decision was made— new section 10B; new section 10C; new section 13; new section 14. Anything done, or omitted to be done, in relation to the decision is taken to be, and to have always been, as valid and lawful as it would be or would have been had each of the provisions mentioned in subsection (2) been in force when the decision was made. However, if, before the commencement of this section, the decision had been found by a court or tribunal to be invalid or had been set aside by a court or tribunal, the decision of the court or tribunal, and any orders, declarations or directions made by the court or tribunal in relation to the decision, stand. s 203 ins 2026 No. 4 s 110 (sec.203-ssec.1) This section applies if— before the commencement of this section, an authorised officer made a decision— to reject an application for a licence; or to reject an application to renew a licence; or to suspend a licence; or to revoke a licence; and in deciding or considering whether the applicant, or the licensee, for the licence is or is no longer a fit and proper person to hold a licence, the authorised officer considered a matter mentioned in new section 10B(1)(b) or (c) or 10C(1)(a) or (b). (sec.203-ssec.2) It is declared that the decision is taken to be, and to have always been, as valid and lawful as it would be or would have been had each of the following provisions been in force when the decision was made— new section 10B; new section 10C; new section 13; new section 14. (sec.203-ssec.3) Anything done, or omitted to be done, in relation to the decision is taken to be, and to have always been, as valid and lawful as it would be or would have been had each of the provisions mentioned in subsection (2) been in force when the decision was made. (sec.203-ssec.4) However, if, before the commencement of this section, the decision had been found by a court or tribunal to be invalid or had been set aside by a court or tribunal, the decision of the court or tribunal, and any orders, declarations or directions made by the court or tribunal in relation to the decision, stand. - (a) before the commencement of this section, an authorised officer made a decision— (i) to reject an application for a licence; or (ii) to reject an application to renew a licence; or (iii) to suspend a licence; or (iv) to revoke a licence; and - (i) to reject an application for a licence; or - (ii) to reject an application to renew a licence; or - (iii) to suspend a licence; or - (iv) to revoke a licence; and - (b) in deciding or considering whether the applicant, or the licensee, for the licence is or is no longer a fit and proper person to hold a licence, the authorised officer considered a matter mentioned in new section 10B(1)(b) or (c) or 10C(1)(a) or (b). - (i) to reject an application for a licence; or - (ii) to reject an application to renew a licence; or - (iii) to suspend a licence; or - (iv) to revoke a licence; and - (a) new section 10B; - (b) new section 10C; - (c) new section 13; - (d) new section 14.