{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-scotland-act-2005/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-scotland-act-2005/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2005/16",
  "legislation_title": "Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-scotland-act-2005",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "The licensing objectives",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Act, the licensing objectives are—\n(a) preventing crime and disorder,\n(b) securing public safety,\n(c) preventing public nuisance,\n(d) protecting and improving public health, and\n(e) protecting children and young persons from harm.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 4(1)(e) inserted (15.5.2017) by Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 10), ss. 41, 88(2); S.S.I. 2017/119, art. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 4(2) repealed (1.11.2011) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), s. 206(1), Sch. 6 para. 2; S.S.I. 2011/354, art. 2, sch. (with art. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 4 in force at 1.5.2007 by S.S.I. 2007/129, art. 3, sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/16/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:20.073733+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."
}