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Licences may be transferred by endorsemen to the executors, wife, child, or assignee of the person licensed.
Fresh entries of premises to be made.
Transfer of publicans’ retail beer licence to be made only on justices’ certificate.
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21. Provided always, that upon the death of any person or persons licensed under or by virtue of this Act, or any law or laws of excise, or upon the removal of any such person or persons from the house or premises at which he, she, or they were authorized by such licence to exercise or carry on the trade or business mentioned in such licence, it shall and may be lawful for the person and persons authorized to grant licences to authorize and empower, by indorsement on such licence, or otherwise, as the commissioners of excise shall direct, the executors or administrators, or the wife or child of such deceased person, or the assignee or assigns of such person or persons so removing as aforesaid, who shall be possessed of and occupy the house or premises before used for such purpose as aforesaid, in like manner to exercise or carry on the same trade or business mentioned in such licence, in or upon the same house or premises at which such person or persons as aforesaid deceased, or removing as before mentioned, by virtue of such licence to him, her, or them in that behalf granted, before exercised or carried on such trade or business, for and during the residue of the term for which such licence was originally granted, without taking out any fresh licence or payment of any additional duty or any fee thereupon, for the residue of such term and until expiration thereof: Provided always, that a fresh entry of the premises at which such trade or business shall continue to be so exercised or carried on as aforesaid shall thereupon be made by and in the name or names of the person or persons to whom such authority as aforesaid shall be granted; and provided also, that no such authority as aforesaid shall be granted for the sale of beer, cyder, or perry, or sweets, or made wines or sweets, mead or metheglin, by retail, to be drank or consumed in or upon the house or premises for which the original licence was granted, except and in such cases where a proper certificate granted and given by a justice of the peace or magistrate, or other competent person according to the law, made after the death or removal of the former occupier or occupiers of the premises shall have taken place, shall be produced, approving of the person or persons to whom such certificate shall be given or granted as aforesaid.
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