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.