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Police to regain 'fit and proper' test powers on pub licensees

A loophole in Scotland's new liquor laws, previously described as a "hoodlums' charter" and potentially opening the doors of the licensed trade to criminality, has been closed just a year before they fully come into effect.

A loophole in Scotland's new liquor laws, previously described as a "hoodlums' charter" and potentially opening the doors of the licensed trade to criminality, has been closed just a year before they fully come into effect.