The Licensing of Relevant Permanent Sites (Scotland) Regulations 2016

Time limit for determining applications

5.—(1) The time limit specified for the purpose of—

(a) an application for a new Part 1A site licence is 3 months from the date the relevant local authority is in receipt of—

(i) an application which contains the information specified in regulation 2 and otherwise complies with section 32B(2) of the Act; and

(ii) a fee of such amount (if any) as is fixed by the relevant local authority;

(b) an application for the renewal of an existing Part 1A site licence is 3 months from the date the relevant local authority is in receipt of—

(i) an application which contains the information specified in regulation 3 and otherwise complies with section 32B(2) of the Act; and

(ii) a fee of such amount (if any) as is fixed by the relevant local authority;

(c) an application for consent to transfer a Part 1A licence is 3 months from the date the relevant local authority is in receipt of an application which contains the information specified in regulation 4.

(2) In calculating the time limit in paragraph (1), a local authority must, where it has given a notice to the applicant under section 32D(4) or section 32E(4), exclude the period beginning with the date on which the notice was given and ending with the earliest of—

(a) the date written representations have been made by the applicant to the local authority;

(b) the date the applicant has confirmed in writing to the local authority that the applicant will not be making written representations; or

(c) the date specified in that notice.