Section 125(2) of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 (“the Act”) lists provisions of the Act which do not apply in relation to premises which are used wholly or mainly for the purposes of any club of a prescribed description. Regulation 2 of these Regulations prescribes a description of club for the purposes of section 125(2).

Section 125(4) of the Act gives the Scottish Ministers the power to provide by regulations for further modifications of the Act in its application to prescribed clubs or premises used wholly or mainly for the purposes of such clubs. Regulations 3 and 4 make relevant modifications of the Act so far as it relates to occasional licences and of section 147(2) of the Act (selling alcohol to trade).