4. REGULAR EXTENSIONS
Regular extensions to permitted hours are granted by licensing boards for a maximum of 1 year (unlike liquor licences, which are normally granted for a period of 3 years). However, extensions may be granted for shorter periods and it is therefore possible for regular extensions to be granted to the same premises twice or more during one year. For this reason, the numbers of premises with regular extensions in force at 31 st December are collected, rather than the total number of extensions granted during the year.
At 31 st December 2006, 10,001 licensed premises held one or more regular extensions to permitted hours granted by licensing boards in Scotland. Eighty-eight per cent of public houses and eighty-eight per cent of hotels (excluding restricted hotels) had regular extensions in force ( Table 6). Public houses comprised 45 per cent of premises with regular extensions, with hotels and registered clubs accounting for a further 20 per cent each.
The proportions of public houses and hotels that had been granted regular extensions at 31 st December 2006 varied between licensing boards. Dundee, Eilean Siar, Midlothian and the Shetland Islands reported that all public houses had regular extensions, with 100 per cent. The lowest proportion of public houses with regular extensions was reported by East Lothian (68 per cent) followed by South Lanarkshire (70 per cent), Angus (74 per cent) and Glasgow (75 per cent). Clackmannanshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, Midlothian, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire and West Dunbartonshire reported that all hotels (not including restricted hotels) had regular extensions (all reporting 100 per cent). The lowest proportion of hotels with regular extensions was reported by Glasgow (69 per cent) followed by East Lothian (70 per cent) and Edinburgh (73 per cent).