1. Premises Licence Annual Fee Reminder

Your Premises Licence Annual Fee payment was due on 01 October 2015.

You must pay your annual fee on time or you will likely face a review of your premises licence which can result in your premises licence being revoked.

How to pay?

Most licensing boards are now in the habit of issuing annual fee invoices. You should have received a notice from your Licensing Authority 30 days prior to 01 October warning that the payment was due. If you have not received this notice it is important that you contact your Licensing Authority without delay to find out how much you have to pay and to arrange payment.

Consequences of non-payment of annual fee

Failure to pay can have serious implications on your business and involve you in the cost of applying for a new licence and possibly bringing the premises up to meet new building standards, food hygiene and fire service requirements.

2. Personal Licences for refresher failure

Good news as well for people who have had their personal licences revoked due to  failure  to meet refresher training requirements. The five year ban on re-application has been lifted and you can now re-apply for a new personal licence.

This is what you need to do

1. Undertake and pass the full Scottish Certificate for Personal Licence Holders (SCPLH). It has to be done again!
2. Apply for a personal licence to the Licensing Board where you now live - this may not be the same as the one which previously issued your revoked personal licence if you have moved to another area. Some boards will require you to appear before them.
3. Obtain two colour passport photos one of which should be endorsed by a person of standing in the community with the words “I certify that this is a true likeness of (name of applicant)”, followed by the full name of the person endorsing the photograph.
4. Enclose the SCPLH pass certificate or copy depending on what your local licensing board requires - you need to check.
5. Include your cheque in the sum of £50.00 for the licensing board fee
6. Note some licensing boards require a copy of your passport or driver’s licence photograph before you can have the application processed - check in advance
7. Courses We will be running SCPLH courses across Scotland please contact our our consultant, Janet Hood (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), to book a course.

Act now to ensure you know what to do about your/your staff members Personal Licences

1. Check and Confirm who has a personal licence - this is not a staff training certificate nor is it a Scottish Certificate for Personal Licence Holders training pass certificate but a Personal Licence issued by a Licensing Board - it will have the name of the licensing board, the name and address of the person whose licence it is, a photo of the person and an expiry date

2. Make sure you have those personal licences or if permitted locally a certified true copy of those personal licences on the premises (ask your local licensing standards officer what is required).

3. For each personal licence holder on your staff check the expiry date of personal licences and note date in electronic diary e.g. google diary. Go back 5 years and 6 months from the expiry date and enter reminder that licence needs to be refreshed  and that refresher  training will have to take place  - at that time book refresher training and remember to forward the refresher training certificate and the appropriate original personal licence to the licensing board so it can be updated.

5. Remember to keep a copy of both the original personal licence and any refresher training pass certificate on the premises.

If you have any queries about obtaining or renewing licences, please contact Janet Hood on the email above.