Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005

[F140A[F2Connected persons: licence holder's duty to notify changes]S

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(1)A premises licence holder must, not later than one month after a person becomes or ceases to be—

(a)a connected person in relation to the licence holder, F3...

F4(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

give the appropriate Licensing Board notice of that fact.

(2)A notice under subsection (1) that a person has become a connected person F5... must specify—

(a)the name and address of the person, and

(b)if the person is an individual, the person's date of birth.

(3)Where a Licensing Board receives a notice under subsection (1), the Board must give a copy of the notice to the [F6chief constable].

(4)A premises licence holder who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with subsection (1) commits an offence.

(5)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (4) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.]

Textual Amendments

F1S. 40A inserted (13.12.2010 for specified purposes, 29.6.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 184(2), 206(1); S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2, sch.; S.S.I. 2018/102, art. 2(a)

F6Words in s. 40A(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)