36.The Scottish Ministers may issue guidance to the licensing authority about the exercise of its functions under Part 1 of the Act, including guidance on how it may assess a licence holder’s ability to perform the activities authorised by the licence. Subsection (2) specifies what matters may in particular be included in the guidance. Subsection (3) requires the licensing authority to have regard to any such guidance in exercising its functions. Any such guidance must be published by the Scottish Ministers in a manner they consider appropriate (subsection (4)).