Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Section 9 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 (“the Act”) requires every Licensing Board to keep a licensing register containing information relating to licences issued by the Board and decisions taken by it. These Regulations make provision as to the form of the licensing register (regulation 2) and the detailed information to be held on it.
There is provision made as to premises licence information (regulations 3 and 4), occasional licence information (regulations 5 and 6) and personal licence information (regulation 7). Regulation 8 requires the licensing register to contain information in relation to closure orders under section 97(1) of the Act. Regulation 9 specifies the periods for which information is to remain on the register.