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(4) Where the issuing Licensing Board receives a notice of conviction in relation to any personal licence holder, the Board must amend the personal licence held by the licence holder so as to specify in it—

(a) the date of the conviction, and

(b) the nature of the offence,

unless the Board has already done so by virtue of any previous such notice.

(5) Where the issuing Licensing Board—

(a) makes an order under section 83(9)(c) or 84(7)(c) in relation to any personal licence holder, or

(b) receives notice under section 83(10)(c) or 84(8)(c) of such an order made by another Licensing Board,

the Board must amend the personal licence held by the licence holder so as to include in it a statement that it is endorsed together with the details of the conviction or conduct giving rise to the making of the order.

(6) Where the issuing Licensing Board receives a notice under section 88(1) from a personal licence holder, the Board must amend the personal licence of the licence holder so that it specifies the licence holder’s new name or address.

(7) Where the issuing Licensing Board receives evidence of training produced by a personal licence holder in accordance with section 87(1), the Board must amend the personal licence held by the licence holder so as to include in it the prescribed details of the training.

(8) Where the issuing Licensing Board is not in possession of a personal licence and—

(a) the licence has been revoked under any provision of this Act, or

(b) the Board requires the licence for the purpose of complying with any duty under this section in relation to the licence,

the Board may require the holder of the licence to produce it to the Board within 14 days from the date on which the requirement is notified.

(9) A personal licence holder who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a requirement made under subsection (8) commits an offence.

(10) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (9) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.

(11) In this section, “notice of conviction” means a notice under section 81(2) or 82(2).

Miscellaneous

90 Power to specify which Licensing Board is to exercise functions under this Part

(1) The Scottish Ministers may by order provide for any function exercisable under this Part by a Licensing Board of a particular description to be exercisable instead by a Licensing Board of such other description as may be specified in the order.

(2) An order under subsection (1) may—

(a) modify this Act, and

(b) make different provision in relation to different functions.

91 Power to prescribe licensing qualifications

(1) In this Act, “licensing qualification” means—

(a) such qualification, or

(b) a qualification of such description,

as may be prescribed.

(2) Regulations under subsection (1) may, in particular—

(a) prescribe qualifications or descriptions of qualifications by reference to whether they are—

(i) accredited, or

(ii) awarded by a person who is accredited,

for the purposes of this section by the Scottish Ministers in accordance with the regulations,

(b) prescribe qualifications or descriptions of qualifications awarded outwith Scotland (as well as qualifications awarded within Scotland),

(c) prescribe different qualifications in relation to different licensed premises or licensed premises of different descriptions, and

(d) prescribe such qualifications as the appropriate licensing qualifications in relation to those descriptions of licensed premises for the purposes of paragraph 4(2) of schedule 3.

92 Theft, loss etc. of personal licence

(1) This section applies where the Licensing Board which issued a personal licence receives from the holder of the licence an application for a replacement personal licence.

(2) If satisfied that—

(a) the personal licence held by the applicant has been lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed, and

(b) where it has been lost or stolen, the applicant has reported the loss or theft to the police,

the Licensing Board must issue to the applicant a replacement personal licence.

(3) A replacement personal licence is a copy of the personal licence held by the applicant—

(a) in the form in which it existed immediately before it was lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed, and

(b) certified by the Board to be a true copy.

(4) In this Act, references to a personal licence include references to a replacement personal licence issued under this section.

93 Licence holder’s duty to produce licence

(1) This section applies where the holder of a personal licence is working at any licensed premises.

(2) A constable or Licensing Standards Officer may, at any time when the licence holder is on the licensed premises, require the licence holder to produce the licence for examination.

(3) A person who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a requirement made under subsection (2) commits an offence.

(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.