73Notification of application to chief constableS
(1)Where a Licensing Board receives a personal licence application, the Board must give notice of it, together with a copy of the application, to the appropriate chief constable.
(2)The appropriate chief constable must, within 21 days of the date of receipt of a notice under subsection (1), respond to the notice by giving the Licensing Board one or other of the notices mentioned in subsection (3).
(3)Those notices are—
(a)a notice stating that, as far as the chief constable is aware, the applicant has not been convicted of any relevant offence or foreign offence, or
(b)a notice specifying any convictions of the applicant for any such offence.
[F1(4)On giving a notice under subsection (3)(a) or (b), if the appropriate chief constable considers that it is necessary for the purposes of any of the licensing objectives that the personal licence application be refused, the chief constable may include in the notice a recommendation to that effect.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 73(4) substituted (13.12.2010) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), s. 206(1), Sch. 6 para. 12; S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2, sch.
Commencement Information
I1S. 73 in force at 1.2.2008 by S.S.I. 2007/472, art. 2, Sch. 1