Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005

21 Notification of application S

(1) Where a Licensing Board receives a premises licence application, the Board must give notice of the application to—

(a) each person having a notifiable interest in neighbouring land,

(b) any community council within whose area the premises are situated,

(c) the council within whose area the premises are situated (except where the council is the applicant),

[F1 (ca) the relevant health board,]

(d) the [F2 chief constable], and

(e) the enforcing authority within the meaning of section 61 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 5) in respect of the premises.

[F3 (2) On giving notice of an application under subsection (1), the Licensing Board—

(a) must provide the [F4 chief constable] with a copy of the application, and

(b) may provide any other person to whom notice is given with a copy of the application.]

(3) The [F5 chief constable] must, within 21 days of the date of receipt of a notice under subsection (1)(d), [F6 or within such longer period as the chief constable considers reasonable in the circumstances because of a reason relating to coronavirus,] respond to the notice by giving the Licensing Board—

(a) one or other of the notices mentioned in subsection (4), F7 ...

F8 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F9 (3A) Where the chief constable is not going to respond to a notice within the 21 day period referred to in subsection (3), the chief constable must inform the Licensing Board of—

(a) that fact, and

(b) the time period within which the chief constable expects to respond.]

(4) Those notices are—

(a) a notice stating that neither—

(i) the applicant, nor

(ii) in the cases where the applicant is neither an individual nor a council, or where the application is in respect of premises which are to be used wholly or mainly for the purposes of a club, any connected person,

has been convicted of any relevant offence or foreign offence, or

(b) a notice specifying any convictions of—

(i) the applicant, or

(ii) in any of the cases mentioned in paragraph (a)(ii), any connected person,

for a relevant offence or a foreign offence.

F10 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6) In this section—

• F11 ...

• “neighbouring land” and, in relation to that expression, “notifiable interest” have such meanings as may be prescribed for the purposes of this section, F12 ...

• F13 ...

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 21(1)(ca) inserted (1.10.2011) by Alcohol etc. (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 18), ss. 11(4), 18(1) (with s. 16); S.S.I. 2011/149, art. 2, Sch.

F2 Words in s. 21(1)(d) substituted (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), sch. 7 para. 29(2), (3); S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121)

F3 S. 21(2) substituted (13.12.2010) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 180(2), 206(1); S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2, Sch.

F4 Words in s. 21(2)(a) substituted (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), sch. 7 para. 29(2), (3); S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121)

F5 Words in s. 21(3) substituted (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), sch. 7 para. 29(2), (3); S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121)

F6 Words in s. 21(3) inserted (temp.) (7.4.2020) by virtue of Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 7), s. 17(1), sch. 5 para. 6(2)(a) (with ss. 11-13) (which affecting provision expires (1.10.2022) by virtue of Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 7), s. 12(1))

F7 Word in s. 21(3) repealed (13.12.2010) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 180(3)(a), 206(1); S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2, Sch.

F8 S. 21(3)(b) repealed (13.12.2010) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 180(3)(b), 206(1); S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2, Sch.

F9 S. 21(3A) inserted (temp.) (7.4.2020) by virtue of Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 7), s. 17(1), sch. 5 para. 6(2)(b) (with ss. 11-13) (which affecting provision expires (1.10.2022) by virtue of Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 7), s. 12(1))

F10 S. 21(5) repealed (13.12.2010) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), s. 206(1), Sch. 6 para. 3; S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2, Sch.

F11 Definition in s. 21(6) repealed (13.12.2010) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 180(4)(a), 206(1); S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2, Sch.

F12 Word in s. 21(6) repealed (13.12.2010) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 180(4)(b), 206(1); S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2, Sch.

F13 Definition in s. 21(6) repealed (13.12.2010) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 180(4)(c), 206(1); S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2, Sch.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 21 in force at 1.2.2008 by S.S.I. 2007/472, art. 2, Sch. 1