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Section 11 Application for registration and addition of premises etc.C1I1

Scotland

(1)

A person may apply to the Scottish Ministers—

(a)

to be registered, or

(b)

to add further premises to the person's entry in the Register.

(2)

The application must—

(a)

state the name and address of the applicant,

(b)

where it is an application under subsection (1)(a), state the addresses of all premises at which the applicant proposes to carry on a F1registrable business,

(c)

where it is an application under subsection (1)(b), state the address of the further premises at which the applicant proposes to carry on a F2registrable business,

(d)

contain such other information as is prescribed, and

(e)

be made in such form and manner as is determined by the Scottish Ministers.

F3(2A)

An application under subsection (1) must state, in relation to each of the premises included in it, each kind of registrable business that the applicant proposes to carry on at the premises.

(3)

The Scottish Ministers must grant the application unless—

(a)

it does not comply with the requirements in subsection (2), or

C2(b)

at the time the application is made, the applicant is banned, under a F4banning order from carrying on a F5registrable business at any premises specified in the application.

(4)

On granting an application under subsection (1)(a), the Scottish Ministers must enter the following information in the Register—

(a)

the name and address of the applicant,

F6(b)

the addresses of the premises at which the applicant proposes to carry on a registrable business, noting, in relation to each of the premises, each kind of registrable business that the applicant proposes to carry on at the premises, and

(c)

any other information which the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate.

F7(5)

On granting an application under subsection (1)(b), the Scottish Ministers must amend the applicant’s entry in the Register so as to include the address of the further premises at which the applicant proposes to carry on a registrable business, noting, in relation to each of the premises, each kind of registrable business that the applicant proposes to carry on at the premises.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Word in s. 11(2)(b) substituted (29.10.2026) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), s. 175(7), Sch. 9 para. 5(2); S.S.I. 2026/210, reg. 2(1)

F2

Word in s. 11(2)(c) substituted (29.10.2026) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), s. 175(7), Sch. 9 para. 5(2); S.S.I. 2026/210, reg. 2(1)

F3

S. 11(2A) substituted (29.10.2026) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), s. 175(7), Sch. 9 para. 5(3); S.S.I. 2026/210, reg. 2(1)

F4

Words in s. 11(3)(b) substituted (29.10.2026) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), s. 175(7), Sch. 9 para. 5(4)(a); S.S.I. 2026/210, reg. 2(1)

F5

Words in s. 11(3)(b) substituted (29.10.2026) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), s. 175(7), Sch. 9 para. 5(4)(b); S.S.I. 2026/210, reg. 2(1)

F6

S. 11(4)(b) substituted (29.10.2026) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), s. 175(7), Sch. 9 para. 5(5); S.S.I. 2026/210, reg. 2(1)

F7

S. 11(5) substituted (29.10.2026) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), s. 175(7), Sch. 9 para. 5(6); S.S.I. 2026/210, reg. 2(1)

Modifications

C1

Pt. 1 Ch. 2 applied (with modifications) (1.4.2011) by The Sale of Tobacco (Registration of Moveable Structures and Fixed Penalty Notices) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/23), regs. 1(1), regs. 2-4

C2

S. 11(3)(b) modified (29.10.2026) by The Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (Commencement No. 1, Transitional and Saving Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2026 (S.S.I. 2026/210), regs. 1(1), 3(2)(3)

Commencement

I1

S. 11 in force at 24.10.2010 for specified purposes and 1.4.2011 in so far as not already in force by S.S.I. 2010/345, art. 2, Sch.

Notes on Part 1

Textual amendments

F1

Pt. 1 heading substituted (29.10.2026) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), s. 175(1), Sch. 8 para. 2 (with Sch. 8 para. 20)

F2

Words in Pt. 1 heading inserted (29.10.2026) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), s. 175(7), Sch. 9 para. 2; S.S.I. 2026/210, reg. 2(1)

Notes on Chapter 2

Textual amendments

F1

Pt. 1 Ch. 2 title substituted (1.4.2017) by Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care) (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 14), ss. 15(10), 36(2); S.S.I. 2017/12, reg. 2, sch.

F2

Words in Pt. 1 Ch. 2 heading substituted (29.10.2026) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), s. 175(7), Sch. 9 para. 3; S.S.I. 2026/210, reg. 2(1)