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4. REGULAR EXTENSIONS
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 31st December are collected, rather than the total number of extensions granted during the year.
At 31st December 2007, 10,047 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 eighty-nine per cent of hotels (excluding restricted hotels) had regular extensions in force ( Table 6). Public houses comprised 47 per cent of premises with regular extensions, with hotels 19 per cent and registered clubs 20 per cent.
The proportions of public houses and hotels that had been granted regular extensions at 31st December 2007 varied between licensing boards. Dundee, Glasgow City, Fife, Eilean Siar, Midlothian and the Shetland Islands reported that all public houses had regular extensions, with 100 per cent. The lowest proportion of public houses with regular extensions was reported by Orkney Islands (78 per cent) followed by South Lanarkshire and Highland (both 81 per cent) and North Ayrshire (83 per cent). Aberdeen City, Clackmannanshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, Midlothian and West Dunbartonshire reported that all hotels (not including restricted hotels) had regular extensions (all reporting 100 per cent). The lowest proportion of hotels with regular extensions was reported by North Ayrshire (67 per cent) followed by City of Edinburgh (68 per cent) and Perth & Kinross and Shetland Islands (both 78 per cent).
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