21 Issue of licences.S
(1)The clerk of each licensing board shall make out and deliver a licence to every person to whom a licence is granted by the board [F1and shall do so within 28 days of the grant of the licence].
(2)The clerk of a licensing board board shall, [F2on application], make out a duplicate of any licence issued by him under this section and shall certify such duplicate to be a true copy of the original licence, and any such duplicate, duly certified as aforesaid, shall be sufficient evidence of the facts therein contained and of the terms of the original licence.
[F3(3)The period of 28 days referred to in subsection (1) above shall not include a day which is a Sunday, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, Good Friday, a bank holiday, or a public holiday, or a day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 21(1) added (31.12.1991)) by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 40, SIF 68A:2), s. 74, Sch. 8 para. 8(a); S.I. 1991/2862, art. 3,Schedule.
F2Words in s. 21(2) substituted (31.12.1991) by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 40, SIF 68A:2), s. 74, Sch. 8 para. 8(b); S.I. 1991/2862, art. 3, Schedule.
F3S. 21(3) added (31.12.1991) by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 40, SIF 68A:2), s. 74, Sch. 8 para. 8(c); S.I. 1991/2862, art. 3, Schedule.