The Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2019

Transitional provisions

This section has no associated Policy Notes

3.—(1) Any licence granted under the 1968 Act for the use of premises for the public performance of any play will cease to have effect on 27 January 2021.

(2) Paragraph (3) applies to a resolution, made by a local authority under section 9 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982(1), that the requirements of section 41(2) of that Act will apply to the use of premises for the public performance of any play.

(3) A resolution may be made by a local authority on or after 26 April 2019 but no resolution may come into effect prior to 27 January 2021.

(4) For the purposes of this article, “the use of premises for the public performance of any play” means the use of any premises which, prior to 27 January 2021, would require a licence under the 1968 Act.

(1)

1982 c.45. There are no amendments to section 9 of the 1982 Act which are relevant to this Order.

(2)

Section 41(2) of the 1982 Act was amended by the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), section 176. There are no other amendments to section 41 which are relevant to this Order.