Point in time view as at 01/04/2012.
Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005, Section 13 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 12 August 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)Each council must appoint for their area one or more officers to be known as Licensing Standards Officers.
(2)A person may hold more than one appointment under subsection (1) (so as to be a Licensing Standards Officer for more than one council area).
(3)A Licensing Standards Officer is to exercise, in relation to the (or each) council area for which the Officer is appointed, the functions conferred on a Licensing Standards Officer by virtue of this Act.
(4)The number of Licensing Standards Officers for any council area is to be such as the council may determine.
(5)The Scottish Ministers may by regulations prescribe qualifications and experience required for appointment as a Licensing Standards Officer.
(6)Where the Scottish Ministers have made regulations under subsection (5), a council must not appoint an individual to be a Licensing Standards Officer unless the individual possesses the qualifications and experience prescribed in the regulations in relation to that appointment.
(7)Otherwise, the terms and conditions of appointment of a Licensing Standards Officer appointed by a council under this section are to be such as the council may determine.
Commencement Information
I1S. 13 in force at 1.5.2007 by S.S.I. 2007/129, art. 3, Sch.
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