# Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982, Paragraph 16

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(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.
(2) A holder of a licence shall deliver the licence to the local authority—
(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;
(b) where the licence relates to a sex shop which he has ceased to use as such, within 7 days of such cessation.
(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.
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/45/schedule/2/paragraph/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civic-government-scotland-act-1982/schedule-2/paragraph-16
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