Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976

132 Currency of final licensing certificates

(1) Notwithstanding anything in section 58 of the [1959 c. 51.] Licensing (Scotland) Act 1959, certificates granted by a licensing court at their last general half-yearly meeting in March 1977 shall have effect in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(2) The chairman of the licensing court at the said meeting shall, in accordance with arrangements made by the licensing court, draw lots in order to determine, in accordance with the provisions of this section, the duration of the certificates granted by the court.

(3) The licensing court shall divide into nine groups or less the respective durations of the certificates which they grant and in respect of which lots are drawn under subsection (2) above, and the durations of the certificates shall, subject to the provisions of this section, be from 28th May 1977 until the quarterly meeting of the licensing board specified as respects each group in the following table:—

Duration of certificates

Groups	Quarterly meeting
Group 1	March 1978
Group 2	June 1978
Group 3	October 1978
Group 4	January 1979
Group 5	March 1979
Group 6	June 1979
Group 7	October 1979
Group 8	January 1980
Group 9	March 1980

(4) As from 1st July 1977, certificates granted in pursuance of this section shall have effect as if they were licences granted under this Act.

(5) Certificates granted in pursuance of this section shall expire on the first day of the appropriate quarterly meeting mentioned in subsection (3) above if no application is made for the renewal of the licence, and where such an application is made, the certificate shall continue to have effect—

(a) until the application for renewal is granted by the licensing board; or

(b) if the application for renewal is refused, until the time within which an appeal may be made has elapsed or, if an appeal has been lodged, until the appeal has been abandoned or determined.