{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-scotland-act-2005/section-98",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-scotland-act-2005/section-98.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2005/16",
  "legislation_title": "Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-scotland-act-2005",
  "path": "section/98",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "98",
  "heading": "Termination of closure orders",
  "text": "(1) A constable of or above the rank of inspector must terminate a closure order (whether or not an emergency closure order) relating to any licensed premises if the constable is satisfied that it is no longer necessary in the interests of public safety for the premises to be closed.\n(2) Where a constable terminates a closure order relating to any licensed premises, the constable must ensure that notice of the termination is given by a constable to—\n(a) a responsible person, and\n(b) in the case of a closure order made by a Licensing Board, the Board.\n(3) A Licensing Board may—\n(a) on the application of the holder of the premises licence or, as the case may be, occasional licence in respect of any licensed premises to which a closure order made by the Board relates, and\n(b) if satisfied that it is no longer necessary in the interests of public safety for the premises to be closed,\nterminate the closure order.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 98(1) substituted (13.12.2010) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 193(3)(a)(i), 206(1); S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 98(1) substituted (13.12.2010) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 193(3)(a)(ii), 206(1); S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 98(2) substituted (13.12.2010) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 193(3)(b)(i), 206(1); S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 98(2) substituted (13.12.2010) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 193(3)(b)(ii), 206(1); S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 98 in force at 1.9.2009 at 5.00 a.m. by S.S.I. 2007/472, art. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/16/section/98",
    "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."
}