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LIQUOR LICENSING IN SCOTLAND, 1998-2002
4. Regular Extensions (Table 5)
4.1 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 December are collected, rather than the total number of extensions granted during the year.
4.2 At 31 December 2002, 10,114 licensed premises held one or more regular extensions to permitted hours granted by licensing boards in Scotland. Ninety-two per cent of public houses and 86 per cent of hotels (excluding restricted hotels) had regular extensions in force (Table 5). Public houses comprised 46 per cent of premises with regular extensions, with hotels and registered clubs each accounting for a further 21 and 19 per cent respectively.
4.3 The proportions of public houses and hotels that had been granted regular extensions at 31 December 2002 varied between licensing boards. The only Licensing board to report that all establishments of both these types had regular extensions was Stirling. The lowest proportions of public houses with regular extensions were reported in Shetland (83 per cent), Orkney (84 per cent) and Perth & Kinross (84 per cent). The areas where hotels were least likely to have regular extensions were City of Edinburgh and Highland (72 per cent and 73 per cent respectively).
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