Licensing Act, 1872

Confirmation of licenses.

43. Any person who appears before the licensing justices and opposes the grant of a new license, and no other person may appear and oppose the confirmation of such grant by the confirming authority in counties or boroughs: and the confirming authority may award such costs as they shall deem just to the party who shall succeed in the proceedings before them. In a county the justices in quarter sessions assembled, and in a borough the borough justices, shall make rules as to the proceedings to be adopted for confirmation of new licenses and the costs to be incurred in any such proceedings, and the person by whom such costs are to be paid.