(1)A person may apply to the Scottish Ministers—
(a)to be registered, or
(b)to add further premises to the person’s entry in the Register.
(2)The application must—
(a)state the name and address of the applicant,
(b)where it is an application under subsection (1)(a), state the addresses of all premises at which the applicant proposes to carry on a tobacco business,
(c)where it is an application under subsection (1)(b), state the address of the further premises at which the applicant proposes to carry on a tobacco business,
(d)contain such other information as is prescribed, and
(e)be made in such form and manner as is determined by the Scottish Ministers.
(3)The Scottish Ministers must grant the application unless—
(a)it does not comply with the requirements in subsection (2), or
(b)at the time the application is made, the applicant is banned, under a tobacco retailing banning order, from carrying on a tobacco business at any premises specified in the application.
(4)On granting an application under subsection (1)(a), the Scottish Ministers must enter the following information in the Register—
(a)the name and address of the applicant,
(b)the addresses of the premises at which the applicant proposes to carry on a tobacco business, and
(c)any other information which the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate.
(5)On granting an application under subsection (1)(b), the Scottish Ministers must amend the applicant’s entry in the Register so as to include the address of the further premises at which the applicant proposes to carry on a tobacco business.
On granting an application under section 11(3) the Scottish Ministers must issue to the applicant a certificate of registration in respect of each premises stated in the application.