Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982

1 (1) An application to a licensing authority for the grant or renewal of a licence shall be— S

(a) made in writing in such form as may be determined by the licensing authority;

(b) signed by the applicant or his agent; and

(c) accompanied by such fee as the authority may charge under paragraph 15 below.

(2) An application under sub-paragraph (1) above shall specify—

(a) the kind of licence in respect of which the application is made;

(b) where the applicant is a natural person, his full name [F1 , address and date and place of birth] and, where the applicant himself is not to be carrying on the day-to-day management of the activity in relation to which the application is made, the full name [F1 , address and date and place of birth] of any employee or agent who is;

(c) where the application is made by or on behalf of a person other than a natural person,

(i) the full name of the person;

(ii) the address of its registered or principal office;

(iii) the names [F2 , private addresses and dates and places of birth ] of its directors, partners or other persons responsible for its management; and

(iv) the full name [F3 , address and date and place of birth ] of any employee or agent who is to carry on the day-to-day management of the activity in relation to which the application is made;

(d) the address of the premises, if any, in or from which and the area in which the activity is to be carried on; and

(e) such other information as the authority may reasonably require.

(3) Where the application relates to a licence for an activity which is wholly or mainly to be carried on in premises, it shall contain one or other of the following declarations by the applicant, that is to say, a declaration that he is complying with paragraph 2(2) below or a declaration by him that he is unable to do so because he has not such rights of access or other rights in respect of the premises as would enable him to do so, but that he has taken such reasonable steps as are open to him (specifying them) to acquire those rights and has been unable to acquire them.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(2)(b) substituted (28.2.2011) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 178(2)(a), 206(1); S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2, sch. (with sch.)

F2 Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(2)(c)(iii) substituted (28.2.2011) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 178(2)(b)(i), 206(1); S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2, sch. (with sch.)

F3 Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(2)(c)(iv) substituted (28.2.2011) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 178(2)(b)(ii), 206(1); S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2, sch. (with sch.)