Paragraph 31

In Schedule 2 (Grant, renewal, cancellation and transfer of licences), in paragraph 2(2), in the definition of “the appropriate local authority”, for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following—

“(b)

in Scotland,

(i)

where the relevant premises are, or are to be, situated in an islands area, the council for that area;

(ii)

in any other case, the council for the district within whose area the relevant premises are, or are to be, situated;”.