Under the new Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 each council must establish a Local Licensing Forum for their area. However, where the area of a council is divided into licensing divisions, the council may, instead of establishing a Local Licensing Forum for their area, establish separate Forums for each division.

The Forums must meet at least 4 times and have 1 joint meeting with the board each year.

A Forum is to consist of between 5 and 20 members as the relevant council may determine.

At least one of the members must be a Licensing Standards Officer for the council's area.

The other members are to be representative of the 5 key interest areas which are:

The majority of forums have now been established.  Details of membership of forums can be found under forum details and further information on forums and how they are run can be found under forum members and local authorities.

Annual Licensing Conference Aviemore
The annual licensing Conference will take place in Aviemore on the 9th and 10th of September at The Macdonald Aviemore Highland Resort Hotel.

This will be an opportunity for Forums to come together for additional training in a more social atmosphere, allowing more time to discuss issues with a wide cross section of people from across the licensing trade.

There are a limited number of  free spaces available for Forum members.

For more information and the booking form please click here

Looking forward to seeing your forum representatives on these dates!