Anyone wishing to sell alcohol requires a Personal Licence.
When selling alcohol on licensed premises, the sale must be authorised generally or specifically by a personal licence holder. The designated premises manager must possess a personal licence. In many premises, other members of staff also attain personal licences so that they can also authorise sales, conduct staff training, and as a matter of general best practice.
Please complete the application form below and submit together with:
evidence that the applicant possesses a licensing qualification (this can be uploaded in the form or by submitting by post to the Licensing section (details below); and
two photographs of the applicant which comply with the requirements below.
measure 45 millimetres by 35 millimetres;
be on photographic paper;
be taken against a light background; and
show the full face of the applicant, without the applicant wearing sunglasses or any head covering (unless the applicant wears such a covering on account of a religious belief).
One photograph of the applicant must have on the back of it a statement by a person appearing to the Licensing Board to be 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.
Both the copy of the licensing qualification (unless it will be uploaded to the form) and original photographs must be emailed to the licensing section at Licensing@west-dunbarton.gov.uk. Please email front and back of the certified photograph.
The fee is £50 for a first application and £50 for a renewal.
The Scottish Government has released a communication which details advice for personal licence holders on how to renew their personal licences. You can access this document here:
https://www.gov.scot/Publications/2018/08/6715
Personal licences require to be renewed every 10 years, and the first personal licences which were granted in Sept 2009 will be due for renewal soon.
Here is a summary of advice on how to renew a personal licence:
If the personal licence has an expiry date of on or before the 31 August 2019:-
It is likely that there is going to be very high demand for training courses, therefore personal licence holders are advised to get themselves booked on a Scottish Certificate for Personal Licence Holders (refresher) training course as soon as possible.
All personal licence holders will receive further instructions on the renewal of their personal licence via letter, no later than 9 months in advance of the licence expiry date.