SCHEDULES
C1C2 SCHEDULE 1 Licensing—Further Provisions as to the General System
Sch. 1 applied (with modifications) (1.3.2022) by The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Short-term Lets) Order 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/32), arts. 1, 5(b), sch. 2 Pt. 2 (with art. 7)
F1How hearings may be held
Sch. 1 para. 18B and cross-heading inserted (1.10.2022) by Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 8), ss. 30(2), 59(1)
18B
1
A licensing authority may determine that a hearing is to be held—
a
in person,
b
wholly through the use of remote facilities, or
c
partly in person and partly through the use of remote facilities.
2
When determining how a hearing is to be held, a licensing authority must take account of any views given on that issue by any person who notifies the authority of an intention to participate in the hearing.
3
In sub-paragraph (1), “remote facilities” means any equipment or facility which—
a
enables persons who are not in the same place to participate in the hearing, and
b
enables those persons to speak to and be heard by each other (whether or not it enables those persons to see and be seen by each other).
Sch. 1: power to apply conferred (18.11.1996) by 1996 c. 58, ss. 33(3), 48(6)