BACKGROUND
| Under the new Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 each council must establish a Local Licensing Forum for their area. However, where the area of a council is divided into licensing divisions, the council may, instead of establishing a Local Licensing Forum for their area, establish separate Forums for each division. |
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The Forums must meet at least 4 times and have 1 joint meeting with the board each year.
A Forum is to consist of between 5 and 20 members as the relevant council may determine.
At least one of the members must be a Licensing Standards Officer for the council's area.
The other members are to be representative of the 5 key interest areas which are:
- holders of premises licences and personal licences (licensees),
- the chief constable for the police area in which the Forum's area is situated,
- persons having functions relating to health, education or social work,
- young people,
- persons resident within the Forum's area.
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The majority of forums have now been established. Details of membership of forums can be found under forum details and further information on forums and how they are run can be found under forum members and local authorities. |
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If you are a local authority trying to establish a forum click here for more advice. |
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