SCHEDULE 1Licensing Boards
Proceedings
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F1A1
A Licensing Board may determine that a meeting is to be held—
a
in person,
b
wholly through the use of remote facilities, or
c
partly in person and partly through the use of remote facilities.
A2
When determining how a meeting is to be held, a Licensing Board must take account of any views given on that issue by any person who notifies the Board of an intention to participate in the meeting.
1
The quorum for a meeting of a Licensing Board is one half of the number of members (but in any case not fewer than 3).
2
Subject to sub-paragraph (3), meetings of a Licensing Board must be held in public.
F22A
Where a meeting is held wholly or partly through the use of remote facilities, a Licensing Board complies with the requirement mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) by enabling the public to observe the meeting through the use of remote facilities (for example, by making a web link to the meeting publicly available).
3
The members of a Licensing Board may, before the Board decides any matter, conduct their deliberations on the matter in private.
4
The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make further provision about the proceedings of Licensing Boards including, in particular, provision as to—
a
the times by which applications to a Board under this Act, and other business to be considered by a Board, are to be determined or considered,
b
the publicising of meetings of a Board, and
c
public access to any agenda and record of, and other information concerning, a meeting of a Board.
5
Subject to—
a
the other provisions of this paragraph, and
b
any regulations made under sub-paragraph (4),
the arrangements for meetings of a Licensing Board, and other matters relating to proceedings of the Board, are to be such as the Board may by rules provide.
6
A Licensing Board must ensure that any rules made by them under sub-paragraph (5) are published.
F37
In this paragraph, “remote facilities” means any equipment or facility which—
a
enables persons who are not in the same place to participate in the meeting, and
b
enables those persons to speak to and be heard by each other (whether or not it enables those person to see and be seen by each other).