Subject to subsection (2), a licensing authority in Scotland may arrange for the discharge of any of its functions under this Part by–
any member of the authority,
any committee established by the authority,
the clerk of the authority, or
any member of staff provided under paragraph 8(1)(b) of schedule 1 to the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 16).
A licensing authority are not to make any arrangements under subsection (1)—
in relation to their power under section 166 or their function under section 349, or
for the discharge by the clerk of the authority or any member of staff provided under paragraph 8(1)(b) of schedule 1 to the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 of any of the authority's functions mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e) of section 154(4).
The procedures applicable to the proceedings of licensing boards in the exercise or their functions under the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 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—
only in relation to functions under that Act,
only in relation to functions under this Part, or
differently in relation to functions under that Act and functions under this Part.