Scotland
Scotland - Air Weapon and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 - Received Royal Assent
On 4th August 2015, the Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 received Royal Assent becoming law. As is common with extensive Acts such as this, not all parts of the Act take immediate effect and a series of Commencement Orders w...
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Scotland - West Lothian Licensing Board festive hours policy - consultation
The West Lothian Board has undertaken a review of its festive policy following experience of its policy in practice in the 2014/15 festive period. Following this the Board is considering draft changes to its current festive policy on which it is c...
Scotland - Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Bill passes final Parliamentary hurdle
The Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Bill, which seeks to tighten access to air weapons in Scotland and other measures to improve public safety, has just been passed by the Scottish Parliament and sets out new rules for a range of topics inclu...
Scotland - Neighbourhood alcohol and tobacco environments - new interactive map launched
A new interactive map of Scotland has been created to ‘highlight the health risks linked to neighbourhoods with an excess of alcohol and tobacco outlets'. The website allows users to map alcohol and tobacco outlet density for small neighbou...
Tobacco plain packaging - mega claim beckons!
The Scotsman is today reporting that tobacco ‘giant’ Philip Morris is to launch a colossal compensation case in history against the UK and Scottish Governments over the decision to impose plain packaging on cigarettes. Legal papers ar...
Scotland - Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Bill progresses
The Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Bill, which seeks (among other things) to make numerous and significant changes to the Licensing Act (Scotland) 2005, was debated in the Scottish Parliament yesterday when the general princip...
Gambling - FOBT - Various developments
The House of Commons Library has published a standard note in relation to Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) The document sets out, amongst other matters, that Government Policy is to consider the findings of research published in December 2014...