Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982

Temporary licences

7 (1) A licensing authority may grant a licence to have effect for such period not exceeding 6 weeks from its being granted as they may determine, and such a licence shall be known as a " temporary licence ".

(2) This Schedule shall apply with the modifications specified in sub-paragraphs (3) to (5) below in relation to applications for temporary licences.

(3) Paragraphs 1(3), 2 to 4, and 5(1), (2) and (4) to (6) shall not apply, but in relation to each application for a temporary licence the licensing authority—

(a) shall consult the chief constable and, where the application relates to an activity wholly or mainly to be carried on in premises, the fire authority ; and

(b) may grant it subject to such conditions as they think fit.

(4) Paragraph 6 shall not apply so as to prevent a licensing authority from entertaining an application for the grant of a licence where they have, within one year, refused an application from the same applicant for a temporary licence for the same activity.

(5) Paragraphs 8, 9, 10 and 18 shall not apply.

(6) A temporary licence shall not be capable of being renewed but, where the holder of or the applicant for a temporary licence has also made an application for a licence under paragraph 1 above in respect of the same activity, the temporary licence, if granted, shall continue to have effect until—

(a) the licence applied for under paragraph 1 has been granted, whether as a result of an appeal under paragraph 18 below or not, or has been deemed to have been granted ; or

(b) where the licensing authority have refused that application, the time within which an appeal under paragraph 18 below against that decision may be made has elapsed ; or

(c) when such an appeal has been lodged, it has been abandoned or determined.