Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015

42 Statements of licensing policy: licensing policy periods

In section 6 of the 2005 Act (statements of licensing policy)—

(a) in subsection (1), for “3 year period” substitute “licensing policy period”,

(b) in subsection (2), for “3 year period” substitute “licensing policy period”,

(c) after subsection (3) insert—

“(3ZA) A Licensing Board may, in preparing a licensing policy statement, decide that the licensing policy period to which the statement relates is to begin on a date earlier than it otherwise would under subsection (7).

(3ZB) Where a Licensing Board make a decision under subsection (3ZA) they must, when publishing the licensing policy statement under subsection (6), publicise the date on which they have decided the licensing policy period is to begin.”,

(d) in subsection (4), for “3 year period” substitute “licensing policy period”,

(e) for subsection (7) substitute—

“(7) Subject to subsection (3ZA), in this section, “licensing policy period” means the period between each relevant date.

(8) For the purposes of subsection (7), “relevant date” means the date occurring 18 months after an ordinary election of councillors for local government areas takes place under section 5 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.”.