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(1)Where a Licensing Board receives a personal licence application, the Board must give notice of it, together with a copy of the application, to the [F1chief constable].
(2)The [F2chief constable] must, within 21 days of the date of receipt of a notice under subsection (1), respond to the notice by giving the Licensing Board one or other of the notices mentioned in subsection (3).
(3)Those notices are—
(a)a notice stating that, as far as the chief constable is aware, the applicant has not been convicted of any relevant offence or foreign offence, or
(b)a notice specifying any convictions of the applicant for any such offence.
[F3(4)On giving a notice under subsection (3)(a) or (b), if the [F4chief constable] considers that it is necessary for the purposes of any of the licensing objectives that the personal licence application be refused, the chief constable may include in the notice a recommendation to that effect.]
[F5(5)On giving a notice under subsection (3)(a) or (b), the chief constable may also provide to the Licensing Board any information in relation to the applicant that the chief constable considers may be relevant to consideration by the Board of the application.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 73(1) substituted (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), sch. 7 para. 29(2), (3); S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121)
F2Words in s. 73(2) substituted (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), sch. 7 para. 29(2), (3); S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121)
F3S. 73(4) substituted (13.12.2010) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), s. 206(1), Sch. 6 para. 12; S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2, sch.
F4Words in s. 73(4) substituted (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), sch. 7 para. 29(2), (3); S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121)
F5S. 73(5) inserted (15.5.2017) by Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 10), ss. 46(2), 88(2); S.S.I. 2017/119, art. 2, sch. (with arts. 3, 4)
Commencement Information
I1S. 73 in force at 1.2.2008 by S.S.I. 2007/472, art. 2, Sch. 1
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