Category Archives: Scottish Licensing Law

Scotland’s challenge Policy- should England & Wales follow?

Responsible alcohol retailing: what more can be done to help prevent unauthorised sales of alcohol to children? Member of Scottish Parliament were briefed recently on Scotland’s new ‘challenge 25’ age verification law at a special event in the Scottish Parliament.
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by admin Posted on November 14, 2011
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Challenge 25 proving to be a challenge?

O.K., we are all behind the challenge 25 ruling, after all it is designed to stop alcohol sales to under 18’s, but some confused retailers are taking the ruling to a rather odd extreme. There are stories of large chains [...]

by Jeremy Posted on October 28, 2011
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What are the main differences between the English and Welsh laws and the Scottish law?

The new licensing Act’s for Scotland, England and Wales are in fact very similar. The licensing Act for England & Wales was introduced in August 2005 and the Licensing Act for Scotland came into force in September 2009. Both Licensing Act’s [...]

by admin Posted on October 19, 2011
Posted in Alcohol Licence Law, APLH, challenge 25, How to become a DPS, News, Personal Alcohol Licence, Personal Licence, Personal Licence Scotland, Scottish Licensing Law, SCPLH | Tagged | Leave a comment

Acceptable forms of id in Scotland

With the introduction of the new challenge 25 policy in Scotland staff are now required to ask for proof of age from anyone attempting to purchase alcohol.
We have been asked to help provide some guidance on what to look for when checking [...]

by admin Posted on October 12, 2011
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Challenge 25 for Scotland

Scottish Liquor Licensing Law Update

Challenge 25 – Age verification policy
On 1 October 2011 the majority of the Alcohol etc (Scotland) Act 2010 (the Act) came into force. This makes significant changes for off-sales operators – however, all holders of Premises [...]

by admin Posted on October 12, 2011
Posted in challenge 25, News, Occasional licence Scotland, Personal Licence Scotland, Premises Licence, Scottish Licensing Law, SCPLH, underage sales | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Training for a personal licence to sell alcohol

Training for a personal licence to sell alcohol is a requirement by law under the licensing Act 2003 in England and Wales. To sell alcohol in Scotland training is also required under the Scottish licensing Act 2005. Alcohol licence training [...]

by admin Posted on September 23, 2011
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