
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Licensing (Vessels etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 and come into force on 1st February 2008.
(2) In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005.
2 
It is not an offence under section 1(1) of the Act (prohibition of unlicensed sale of alcohol) for alcohol to be sold on a vessel which does not constitute licensed premises while–
(a) the vessel is not moored or berthed in any place; and
(b) there are no more than 50 persons on board the vessel.
3 
A vessel on which alcohol is being sold but which, by virtue of regulation 2, does not require to have a premises licence is to constitute “relevant premises” as defined in section 122(2) of the Act (interpretation of Part 8).
4 
The prohibition in section 19(2) of the Act (premises manager) is not to prevent an individual being the premises manager of two or more licensed premises if each of those premises is a vessel which is not permanently moored or berthed.
5 
The requirement in section 20(2)(b)(ii) of the Act (application for premises licence) that a premises licence application must be accompanied by a layout plan is not to apply in the case of an application relating to–
(a) a vessel which is not permanently moored or berthed;
(b) a vehicle; or
(c) any other moveable structure.
KENNY MACASKILL
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
28th November 2007