SCHEDULE 1Licensing Boards
Disqualification from membership
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(1)
A councillor is disqualified from election as, and from being, a member of a Licensing Board if the councillor is—
(a)
a premises licence holder,
(b)
an employee of a premises licence holder and works as such in licensed premises,
(c)
whether alone or in partnership with another person, engaged in the business of producing or selling alcohol,
(d)
a director or other officer of a company so engaged, or
(e)
an employee of any person so engaged and works as such in that business.
(2)
A councillor who knowingly acts or purports to act as a member of a Licensing Board at a time when the councillor is disqualified from being such a member by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) commits an offence.
(3)
A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (2) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.