Application for a licenceS
4.—(1) A person may apply to an appropriate licensing authority for the grant or renewal of a licence to carry on a licensable activity.
(2) An application for a licence to carry on a licensable activity must be—
(a)addressed, and sent, to an appropriate licensing authority, and
(b)in writing, and
(c)in the form required by the appropriate licensing authority.
(3) The appropriate licensing authority for any of the licensable activities described in paragraphs 1, 8, 14, 17 and 20 of schedule 1 is the local authority for the area in which the licensable activity is carried on.
(4) Subject to paragraph (5), an appropriate licensing authority for the licensable activity described in paragraph 4 of schedule 1 (engaging in animal rehoming activities) is a local authority for an area in which the applicant resides or has a place of business.
(5) If the applicant neither resides nor has a place of business in Scotland, the appropriate licensing authority for the licensable activity described in paragraph 4 of schedule 1 (engaging in animal rehoming activities) is the Scottish Ministers.
(6) In this regulation, if the applicant is not an individual, “place of business” includes a registered office or other official address.