Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005

54 Dismissal, resignation, death etc. of premises manager

(1) This section applies where any of the events specified in subsection (2) occurs in relation to any licensed premises in respect of which a premises licence has effect.

(2) Those events are—

(a) the premises manager ceases to work at the premises,

(b) the premises manager becomes incapable for any reason of acting as premises manager,

(c) the premises manager dies, or

(d) the personal licence held by the premises manager is revoked or suspended.

(3) The premises licence holder must, not later than 7 days after the occurrence of the event, give notice of it to the appropriate Licensing Board.

(4) Subsection (5) applies if—

(a) subsection (3) is complied with, and

(b) within the period of 6 weeks beginning with the day on which the event occurs, a premises licence variation application is made seeking a variation of the premises licence in respect of the premises so as to substitute another individual as the premises manager.

(5) Any breach of the conditions specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of schedule 3 in the period beginning with the occurrence of the event and ending with the receipt by the Licensing Board of the application referred to in subsection (4)(b) is, so far as it is attributable to the occurrence of the event, to be disregarded.

(6) If no such application as is mentioned in paragraph (b) of subsection (4) is made within the period mentioned in that paragraph, then, at the end of that period, the Licensing Board must vary the premises licence so that there is no longer any premises manager specified in it.