Licensing (Scotland) Bill 2005: Proposal and Analysis of Fee Charging Options

DescriptionFee review for the Licensing (Scotland) Bill 2005 carried out by York Consulting on behalf of the Scottish Executive. Report proposes charges for new and annual premises license as well as the personal license, which allow for full cost recovery.
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CAROLINE CURRIE, NIGEL MASON YORK CONSULTING
ISBN 0 7559 2819 9 (Web only publication)
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CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1 INTRODUCTION
2 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LICENSED TRADE
3 LICENSING (SCOTLAND) BILL
4 CURRENT LICENSING SYSTEM
5 COSTS OF THE NEW LICENSING SYSTEM
6 CALCULATION OF COSTS
7 NATIONAL COSTS OF THE LICENSING SYSTEM
8 AVERAGE FEES TO RECOVER NATIONAL COSTS
9 ALLOCATING FEES TO INDIVIDUAL PREMISES
10 CONCLUSIONS

APPENDICES

A LICENSING BOARDS QUESTIONNAIRE
B LIQUOR LICENCES IN FORCE AT THE END OF 2004
C AVERAGE FEES REQUIRED BY THE FIVE CASE STUDY LICENSING BOARDS

The views expressed in this report are those of the researcher and
do not necessarily represent those of the Department or Scottish Ministers.

This report is available on the Scottish Executive Social Research website only
www.scotland.gov.uk/socialresearch.

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