Subject to subsection (2), a licensing authority in Scotland may arrange for the discharge of any of its functions under this Part by–
A licensing authority are not to make any arrangements under subsection (1) 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 under section 224.
The procedures applicable to the proceedings of licensing boards in the exercise of 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—