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10(1)A licensing authority may, at any time, whether or not upon an application made to them by the holder of the licence, vary the terms of a licence on any grounds they think fit.S
(2)A licensing authority, before proceeding to vary the terms of a licence under sub-paragraph (1) above—
(a)shall, not later than 7 days before the day on which the proposed variation is to be considered, notify the holder of the licence, the chief constable and, where the licence relates to an activity wholly or mainly carried on in premises, the [F1Scottish Fire and Rescue Service] of the proposed variation; and
(b)shall give each of the persons [F2required to be notified under] sub-sub-paragraph (a) above an opportunity to be heard by the authority on that day.
[F3(2A)Where the premises mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(a) above are premises to which Part 3 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 5) applies, that sub-paragraph applies as if the reference to the [F4Scottish Fire and Rescue Service] were a reference to the enforcing authority]
(3)A licensing authority shall have complied with sub-paragraph (2)(b) above if they have invited each of the persons whom they must notify under that sub-paragraph to attend and to be heard by the authority when the variation of the licence is to be considered.
(4)A licensing authority shall, within 7 days of their decision under sub-paragraph (1) above, send written notice of their decision to the holder of the licence and the chief constable and, where the licence relates to an activity wholly or mainly carried on
[F5(a)in premises to which Part 3 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 5) applies, the enforcing authority;
(b)in any other premises] , to the [F6Scottish Fire and Rescue Service] .
(5)A variation in the terms of a licence shall come into force—
(a)when the time within which an appeal under paragraph 18 below may be made has elapsed; or
(b)where such an appeal has been lodged, when the appeal has been abandoned or determined in favour of the variation.
[F7(6)Sub-paragraph (5) does not apply to a deemed variation of the terms of a licence under section 3(4).]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 1 para. 10(2)(a) substituted (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), sch. 7 para. 53(6); S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121)
F2Words in Sch. 1 para. 10(2)(b) substituted (1.10.2006) by The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Modifications and Savings) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/475), art. 1, sch. 1 para. 11(6)(f)(i)
F3Sch. 1 para. 10(2A) inserted (1.10.2006) by The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Modifications and Savings) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/475), art. 1, sch. 1 para. 11(6)(f)(ii)
F4Words in Sch. 1 para. 10(2A) substituted (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), sch. 7 para. 53(6); S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121)
F5Words in Sch. 1 para. 10(4) substituted (1.10.2006) by The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Modifications and Savings) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/475), art. 1, sch. 1 para. 11(6)(f)(iii)
F6Words in Sch. 1 para. 10(4)(b) substituted (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), sch. 7 para. 53(6); S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121)
F7Sch. 1 para. 10(6) inserted (1.5.2017) by Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 10), ss. 77(4), 88(2); S.S.I. 2016/307, art. 2, sch. (with art. 4)
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