# Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010, Section 16: Other licensing rules


(1) Licensing rules may allow for—
(a) an applicant to be issued with a provisional licence—
(i) in anticipation of its becoming (or becoming eligible to be) a licensed provider, and
(ii) whose full effect as a licence is conditional on its becoming a licensed provider (and such other relevant matters as the rules may specify), or
(b) a licensed provider to be issued with a provisional licence—
(i) in anticipation of its transferring to the regulation of the approved regulator, and
(ii) whose full effect as a licence is conditional on the transfer occurring (and such other relevant matters as the rules may specify).
(2) Licensing rules must—
(a) state that a licence application may be refused on the ground that the applicant appears to be incapable (for any reason) of complying with the regulatory scheme,
(b) provide for grounds for non-renewal, revocation or suspension of a licence where the licensed provider is breaching (or has breached) the regulatory scheme.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/16/section/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/legal-services-scotland-act-2010/section-16
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