The Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006

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"the 1976 Act" means the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976[1].

Appointed day
     2. 1st June 2006 is appointed as the day for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act–

(a) subsections (1) to (3) and (6) of section 105; and

(b) section 149 and schedule 7 so far as relating to the repeal in section 68(2) of the 1976 Act of the words "in licensed premises buy or attempt to buy alcoholic liquor nor".

Transitional provisions
     3. In the period until section 102 of the Act comes into force, subsection (2) of section 105 of the Act is to have effect as if, for the words "is being committed under section 102", there were substituted "of selling alcoholic liquor to a person under 18 is being committed under section 68(1) of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976".

     4. Until provision is made to the contrary by way of an order under section 145 of the Act, only the chief constable of the Fife police force may authorise a child or young person for the purpose referred to in subsection (2) of section 105 of the Act.

     5. —(1) In the period until subsection (4) of section 68 of the 1976 Act is repealed, a young person buying or attempting to buy alcohol in the circumstances specified in paragraph (2) commits no offence under section 105(1) of the Act.

    (2) Those circumstances are that the purchase or attempted purchase is one which, had subsection (2) of section 68 of the 1976 Act remained fully in force, would by virtue of subsection (4) of that section not have constituted an offence.

Revocation
     6. The Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 (Commencement No.1 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006[2]is revoked.


GEORGE LYON
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
25th May 2006

[2] 1976 c.66.back