LICENSING BOARD URGES EVENT ORGANISERS TO ACT SOON

[Kintyre Forum News]

Voluntary organisations, clubs and licensed premises are being urged not to risk spoiling their plans for Christmas events by failing to apply for an occasional license in time.

Argyll and Bute Licensing Board is reminding potential applicants that it has to be given at least 28 days’ notice for processing applications for occasional licences.

The notice period was extended from 14 days to 28 days when the new Licensing Act came into effect on September 1 last year.

Licensing Board Chair Councillor Daniel Kelly said the change had caused problems around the festive period last year.

“After the new regulations came into force, there were occasions where an individual or organisation applied for a licence for an event which was due to take place less than 28 days later,” he explained.

“While we will always do our best to ensure that events can go ahead as the organisers have planned, we obviously don’t want to disappoint people by being unable to process their application within the required timescale.

“So I would emphasise to anyone who is planning to apply for an occasional license for something over the Christmas and New Year period – which is obviously a busy time for our licensing team - that the application must be submitted at least 28 days before the date of the event for which the licence is sought.”

More information on occasional licenses and extended hours applications, including the relevant forms, can be found at:

http://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/content/a ... ng?s=0&a=0