British
and Irish Legal Information Institute
Freely Available British and Irish Public Legal Information
[Home] [Databases] [World Law] [Multidatabase Search] [Help] [Feedback]
Statutory Instruments of the Scottish Parliament
You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> Statutory Instruments of the Scottish Parliament >> The Licensing (Training) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 No. 95
URL: http://www.bailii.org/scot/legis/num_reg/2007/20070095.html
[New search] [Help]
| Made | 20th February 2007 | ||
| Laid before the Scottish Parliament | 21st February 2007 | ||
| Coming into force | 1st May 2007 |
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16 and 147(1) of, and paragraph 11 of schedule 1 to, the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005[1] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Licensing (Training) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 1st May 2007.
Training of Licensing Standards Officers
2. The training requirement prescribed for the purposes of section 16 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 is that each Licensing Standards Officer must, within 18 months of being appointed as such an Officer, undertake a course of training accredited by the Scottish Ministers for the purposes of this regulation.
Training of Licensing Board members
3. The training requirement prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 11 of schedule 1 to the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 is that each Licensing Board member must, within 3 months of being elected or re-elected as such a member, undertake a course of training accredited by the Scottish Ministers for the purposes of this regulation.
GEORGE LYON
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St. Andrew's House, Edinburgh
20th February 2007
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Section 13(1) of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 ("the Act") requires each local authority to appoint for their area one or more officers to be known as Licensing Standards Officers. Section 16 of the Act requires such Officers to comply with such requirements as to training as may be prescribed. Regulation 2 prescribes a relevant training requirement.
In terms of paragraph 11 of schedule 1 to the Act, each member of a Licensing Board must, within a specified period of being elected or re-elected, produce evidence that he or she has complied with prescribed training requirements. Regulation 3 prescribes a relevant training requirement.
Notes:
[1] 2005 asp 16; see the definition of "prescribed" in section 147(1).back
ISBN 978 0 11 071815 6