{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-scotland-act-2005/section-48",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-scotland-act-2005/section-48.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2005/16",
  "legislation_title": "Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-scotland-act-2005",
  "path": "section/48",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Notification of change of name or address",
  "text": "(1) A premises licence holder must, not later than one month after the occurrence of any change in—\n(a) the licence holder's name or address, ...\n(b) the name or address of the premises manager specified in the licence , or\n(c) the name or address of any person who is—\n(i) a connected person in relation to the licence holder, ...\n(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\ngive the appropriate Licensing Board notice of the change.\n(2) A notice under subsection (1) must be accompanied by the premises licence or, if that is not practicable, by a statement of the reasons for the failure to produce the licence.\n(2A) Where a Licensing Board receives a notice under subsection (1), the Board must give a copy of the notice to the chief constable.\n(3) A premises licence holder who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with subsection (1), commits an offence.\n(4) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (3) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 48(1) repealed (13.12.2010) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 184(3)(a)(i), 206(1); S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 48(1)(c) and word inserted (13.12.2010 for the insertion of s. 48(1)(c)(i) only, 29.6.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 184(3)(a)(ii), 206(1); S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2, sch.; S.S.I. 2018/102, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 48(1)(c) repealed (29.6.2018) by Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 10), ss. 59(4)(a), 88(2); S.S.I. 2018/102, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 48(1)(c)(ii) repealed (29.6.2018) by Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 10), ss. 59(4)(b), 88(2); S.S.I. 2018/102, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 48(2A) inserted (13.12.2010) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 184(3)(b), 206(1); S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 48(2A) substituted (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), sch. 7 para. 29(2), (3); S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 48 in force at 1.2.2008 by S.S.I. 2007/472, art. 2, Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/16/section/48",
    "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."
}