What guidelines there are under the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 for licensing boards to consider whether applications protect and improve…

The Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 provides that a licensing board’s policy statement must seek to promote the five licensing objectives, including the objectives to “protect and improve public health” and “securing public safety”, and that the board must have regard to its licensing policy statement in exercising its functions under the Act.
Guidance published by Scottish Ministers in 2007 contains advice to boards and local authorities on the consideration of the licensing objectives. The Act requires licensing boards to have regard to such guidance.