SCHEDULE 1Licensing Boards
3Disqualification from membership
1
A councillor is disqualified from election as, and from being, a member of a Licensing Board if the councillor is—
a
a premises licence holder,
b
an employee of a premises licence holder and works as such in licensed premises,
c
whether alone or in partnership with another person, engaged in the business of producing or selling alcohol,
d
a director or other officer of a company so engaged, or
e
an employee of any person so engaged and works as such in that business.
2
A councillor who knowingly acts or purports to act as a member of a Licensing Board at a time when the councillor is disqualified from being such a member by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) commits an offence.
3
A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (2) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.