The Act
3.The Act is in 9 Parts.
4.These are:
Part 1 – Core provisions
Part 2 – Licensing bodies and officers
Part 3 – Premises licences
Part 4 – Occasional licences
Part 5 – Licensed hours
Part 6 – Personal licences
Part 7 – Control of order
Part 8 - Offences
Part 9 – Miscellaneous and general
5.Commentary explaining the changes introduced by each Part is provided below. The main legislation which currently governs licensing in Scotland is the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 (c.66) as amended and the Licensed Premises (Exclusion of Certain Persons) Act 1980 (c.32). The Act repeals this legislation.