Orkney Islands Council Local Government

Orkney Islands Area Licensing Board Licensing Policy

Under the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005, all licensing boards must publish a statement of licensing policy every three years.

The first policies must be published by 30 November 2007. Under the 2005 Act, licensing boards will be required to carry out their various licensing functions so as to promote the five licensing objectives;

1. Preventing crime and disorder
2. Securing public safety
3. Preventing public nuisance
4. Protecting and improving public health
5. Protecting children from harm

Statements of licensing policy are intended to set out the policies, which the licensing board will generally apply to promote the licensing objectives when making decisions on applications.

Consultation

The Board is consulting various groups about the Policy and is writing to all licenceholders as well as publishing the Policy on the Orkney Islands Council website. The consultation period will close on 12 October 2007. The draft policy is available in Portable Document Format [PDF] from the Download related documents section of this webpage.

Any comments should be received by the Licensing Board clerks before that date. Comments can be submitted by email to legal.services@orkney.gov.uk, by fax to FAX: 01856 876941, by letter to;

The Legal Clerks’ Office, Chief Executive’s Department, Orkney Islands Council, Council Offices, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NY.

…or by Telephone [Tel] to the Legal Clerks’ Office on Tel: 01856 873535 extensions 2232 or 2229 (although all callers will be encouraged to put their comments in writing).