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All set for Irvine! Picked for Scotland! Latest Facebook update Scottish Athletics. Many congratulations to Debbie Martin Consani of Garscube on a remarkable performance. I practice solely in alcohol and licensing law and want to tell you both about the basics, together with shining a light on some of these darker crevices. For alcohol, you will need a Designated Premises Supervisor who holds a Personal Licence and you will have to complete an application form together with detailed layout plans.

If there are no objections to your application it should be granted after 28 days. If there are objections, you would normally expect to have a hearing within two months of originally issuing the application. So far, so good. Many Authorities like to be contacted at least a year to six months before a new event in order to provide this important advice. Consult them early, heed their advice — they need to know that you know what you are talking about.

Festivals and outdoor events are often on greenfield sites, which do not always have an obvious perimeter. Is your proposed location likely to cause noise issues with local residents? Think through at an early stage where the stages will be, which direction the speakers will face and the general lie of the land.

Engage residents early and explain your proposals. Within 10 day of the receipt of the application, the Police may choose to object and the Licensing Standards Officer must submit a report to the Licensing Board.

Since these applications are likely to arise at short notice a detailed determination procedure is impractical but the Board should be able to gather sufficient information from the LSO report and from the Police.

The Board will have complete discretion as to whether to grant the application taking into account any Police objections and LSO comments and having regard to the licensing objectives. The Board may hold a hearing for the purposes of determining any application, but this is not mandatory.

Where the Board does not hold a Hearing, the Board must ensure that before determining the application, the applicant is given an opportunity to comment on any objections from the Police or adverse comments from the Licensing Standards Officer. No extension can be granted to operate for a period of more than one month and such an extension cannot be further extended.

If a Licensing Board receives continual requests for applications consideration should be given to whether a premises licence should look to vary its operating plan. As stated above applicants for premises licences, in their operating plans, should include the hours needed for special occasions which occur regularly each year.

While extended hour applications should be sufficient to cover one-off special events such as a family anniversary party. However, with the passage of time exceptional events of local, national or international significance may arise which could not have been anticipated.

Such events can give rise to the need to vary the conditions for a number of licensed premises. In such circumstances it will be open to local licensing boards under section 67 of the Act to grant a general extension of licensed hours to enable premises to open for specified extended hours on these special occasions. Examples might include a one-off local festival, or events such as the Commonwealth Games. In the interest of public safety it would be good practice for the Boards to request the views of the police before granting such a general extension - although this is not a statutory obligation.

The grant of a general extension of hours can apply to the whole of the Licensing Board's area or only to specified parts. It can apply to all the relevant premises in the Board's area except to those premises solely concerned with off sales or only to specified premises or types of premises.

The extra hours granted can be a general extension or particularly specified. However the granting of a general extension does not require a licenced premises to be open for the sale of alcohol during the extended period.

Where a Board decides to grant such a general extension it must give notice to the police and to relevant licences holders who are affected. Information We use cookies to collect anonymous data to help us improve your site browsing experience. Accept all cookies Use essential cookies only Set cookie preferences. Home Publications. Licensing Scotland Act section guidance for licensing boards and local authorities. Supporting documents.