The law and practice surrounding the operation of licensed and gambling premises have been radically overhauled in recent years. The Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Gambling Act 2005 have introduced new forms of licence, increased supervisory powers and made approved training mandatory.
This practical and accessible text is a guide to how the 2005 statutes work in practice. It uses real-life and colourful examples to illustrate how the licensing laws operate in the real world, addresses potential problems and pitfalls and offers solutions to them. It also examines how other regulatory regimes - planning , building standards, private security, environmental health and copyright - might impact on licenced premises.
The text illustrates the operation of the licensing laws by the use of real life and colourful examples, addresses potential problems and pitfalls and offers solutions tothem. It is written to be of use not only to legal practitioners, but also to all those involved in licensing and gambling administration.
