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LIQUOR LICENSING IN SCOTLAND, 1998-2002
6. Registered Clubs (Tables 8 and 9)
6.1 The statistics detailed in sections 3 and 5 above exclude registered clubs, e.g. golf, bowling, and social clubs. Such clubs must register with a Sheriff Court, but must apply to their local licensing board for any regular extensions to permitted hours.
6.2 At 31 December 2002 there were 2,526 registered clubs in Scotland; 13 more than at December 2001. Table 8 shows a breakdown of the clubs by the Sheriff Court with which they were registered.
6.3 Seventy-eight per cent of clubs had a regular extension to permitted hours at 31 December 2002.
6.4 Table 9 provides a breakdown of registered clubs by the approximate council area in which they are situated, although it should be noted that a club may be registered at a Sheriff Court outwith its council area. In some cases, it has been necessary to aggregate the figures for several council areas / Sheriff Courts because the relevant Sheriff Courts will generally cover registrations from clubs in more than one council area.
6.5 The number of registered clubs per 10,000 population aged 18 and over at 31 December 2002 varied from 1 in Stirling to 13 in the Scottish Borders, averaging 6 for Scotland as a whole ( Table 9). Registered clubs made up 19 per cent of all on-sale outlets in Scotland (Chart 6), although this proportion varied somewhat across the council areas. In Clackmannanshire, Inverclyde, East Lothian and Renfrewshire, registered clubs accounted for around one third of all such outlets, whilst in Argyll & Bute and Stirling the proportion was just 4 per cent and 3 per cent respectively (though as noted above, it may be that some clubs were registered in Sheriff Courts outwith their council area).
On sale premises by type, including registered clubs, Scotland 2002 | Chart 6 |
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