{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005/section-233",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005/section-233.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/19",
  "legislation_title": "Gambling Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005",
  "path": "section/233",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "233",
  "heading": "Delegation of functions under Part 9: Scotland",
  "text": "(1) Subject to subsection (2), a licensing authority in Scotland may arrange for the discharge of any of its functions under this Part by–\n(a) any member of the authority,\n(b) any committee established by the authority,\n(c) the clerk of the authority, or\n(d) any member of staff provided under paragraph 8(1)(b) of schedule 1 to the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 16).\n(2) A licensing authority are not to make any arrangements under subsection (1) for the discharge by the clerk of the authority or any member of staff provided under paragraph 8(1)(b) of schedule 1 to the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 of any of the authority's functions under section 224.\n(3) The procedures applicable to the proceedings of licensing boards in the exercise of their functions under the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 apply to the proceedings of those boards in the exercise of their functions under this Part; and for that purpose regulations made by the Scottish Ministers may, in particular, make provision which applies—\n(a) only in relation to functions under that Act,\n(b) only in relation to functions under this Part,\n(c) differently in relation to functions under that Act and functions under this Part.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 233(1) substituted (1.9.2009 at 5.00 a.m.) by The Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/248), sch. 1 para. 12(5)(a) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 233(2) substituted (1.9.2009 at 5.00 a.m.) by The Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/248), sch. 1 para. 12(5)(b) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 233(3) substituted (1.9.2009 at 5.00 a.m.) by The Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/248), sch. 1 para. 12(5)(c) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 233 in force at 1.12.2007 by S.I. 2007/3155, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/19/section/233",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:15:42.684927+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}