The Act
3.The Act is in 9 Parts.
4.These are:
	Part 1 – Core provisions
	Part 2 – Licensing bodies and officers
	Part 3 – Premises licences
	Part 4 – Occasional licences
	Part 5 – Licensed hours
	Part 6 – Personal licences
	Part 7 – Control of order
	Part 8 - Offences
	Part 9 – Miscellaneous and general
5.Commentary explaining the changes introduced by each Part is provided below. The main legislation which currently governs licensing in Scotland is the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 (c.66) as amended and the Licensed Premises (Exclusion of Certain Persons) Act 1980 (c.32). The Act repeals this legislation.