PART VII LICENSING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1976

Interpretation and application3

1

In this Part, “the Act” means the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 M1.

2

This Part applies to appeals under section 39 of the Act M2.

Service3

The appellant shall serve a copy of the initial writ on–

a

the clerk to the licensing board and the chief constable;

b

if he was the applicant at the hearing before the licensing board, upon all parties who appeared at the hearing; and

c

if he was an objector at the hearing, upon the applicant.

Statement of reasons of licensing board3

1

Where the appellant has received from the licensing board a statement of reasons for its decision, he shall lodge a copy thereof with the sheriff clerk along with the initial writ.

2

The sheriff may, at any time prior to pronouncing a final interlocutor, require the licensing board to state the ground of refusal of an application and to give their reasons for finding such ground to be established.