New Clause 3: Orders of the Day— Gambling Bill
New Clause 3— Delegation of functions under Part 9: Scotland
'(1)   Subject to subsection (2), a licensing authority in Scotland may arrange for the discharge of any of their functions under this Part by a committee of the authority, a member or members of the authority, the clerk of the authority or any person appointed to assist the clerk.
(2)   A licensing authority are not to make any arrangements under subsection (1) for the discharge by the clerk of the authority or any person appointed to assist the clerk of any of the authority's functions under section 215.
(3)   The procedures applicable to the proceedings of licensing boards in the exercise of their functions under the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 apply to the proceedings of those boards in the exercise of their functions under this Part; and for that purpose regulations made by the Scottish Ministers may, in particular, make provision which applies—
(a)   only in relation to functions under that Act,
(b)   only in relation to functions under this Part,
(c)   differently in relation to functions under that Act and functions under this Part.'.—[Mr.Caborn.]
Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill.