27  Personal Licences

27.1  General Requirements - Personal Licences will be granted if the applicant can demonstrate each of the following:

a.  they are 18 years of age or over;

b.  they possess an appropriate licensing qualification, or are a person of a prescribed description; i.e. a person of a description prescribed by Secretary of State by Regulations. 

c.  no Personal Licence held by the applicant has been forfeited in the period of five years ending with the day the application was made;

d.  the applicant has not been convicted of any relevant offence, or any relevant foreign offence.

27.2  The Authority will reject any application where points a, b or c above are not met. 

27.3  Applicants with unspent criminal convictions for relevant offences set out in Regulations made under the Act are encouraged to first discuss their intended application with the Council’s Licensing Officer and/or Police Licensing Officers before making an application.  Guidance in relation to unspent criminal convictions can be found in the Licensing Authority’s Guidance Notes for Applicants

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