{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civic-government-scotland-act-1982/schedule-2/paragraph-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civic-government-scotland-act-1982/schedule-2/paragraph-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/45",
  "legislation_title": "Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civic-government-scotland-act-1982",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A holder of a licence may at any time surrender the licence to the local authority and it shall thereupon cease to have effect.\n(2) A holder of a licence shall deliver the licence to the local authority—\n(a) within 7 days after the coming into effect of a decision of a local authority, under paragraph 13 above, to revoke or, under paragraph 15 above, to vary the terms of the licence or the decision of a court, under paragraph 19(5) below, to revoke it;\n(b) where the licence relates to a sex shop which he has ceased to use as such, within 7 days of such cessation.\n(3) A local authority shall, on revoking or varying the terms of a licence, cause notice in writing to be given to the holder of the licence of his duty to deliver it up under sub-paragraph (2) above.\n(4) Where a licence has been surrendered under this paragraph on its revocation under paragraph 13 or 19(5)(a) of this Schedule and the revocation is quashed or recalled, the local authority shall re-issue the licence.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 16 substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 129(22)(i); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "asp/2010/13",
      "affecting_title": "Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/45/schedule/2/paragraph/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:10:54.687186+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}