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Late hours catering licensing
If you're selling or serving food to the public, on or off your premises, between 11pm and 5am, you need a Late Hours Catering Licence.
Related resources
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Late Hours Catering Application Form
This document contains an application form for a new or renewed late hours catering licence from Orkney Islands Council. It asks for applicant or business details, premises information, proposed days and hours, criminal convictions, and any previous licence applications or refusals. Applicants must sign declarations, display a public notice for 21 days or explain why this isn’t possible, and submit the form with the required fee and documents to the Council’s Legal Services.
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Late Hours Catering Guidance Notes
This document contains guidance on late hours catering licences from Orkney Islands Council. It explains when a licence is needed for selling or serving food between 11pm and 5am, usual trading hours, fees and application requirements, including displaying a site notice and providing waste arrangements. It also covers processing times, objections, licence conditions, reporting changes, offences, appeals and how applicants’ information is used.
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Late Hours Catering Conditions
This document contains the conditions for an Orkney Islands Council late hours catering licence. It covers permitted trading hours, displaying the licence, completing orders before closing, cleanliness, noise and nuisance control, police instructions, licence changes and returning the licence when trading stops. It also sets rules for clearing litter and waste within 5 metres, providing bins, storing and presenting waste safely, using approved waste carriers and keeping waste records.
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Late Hours Catering Compliance Certificate
This document contains a compliance notice for applicants seeking a late hours catering licence from Orkney Islands Council. It asks applicants to confirm that a site notice was displayed for 21 days, or explain why it could not be displayed or was removed, obscured or damaged. The completed and signed form must be returned to the Head of Legal Services after the notice period.
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Late Hours Catering Notice Display
This document contains a site notice template for an application for a late hours catering licence under the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982. It gives details to complete about the application, premises, applicant and manager, and explains how written objections or representations can be made to Orkney Islands Council within 28 days. The notice must be displayed at or near the premises for 21 days.
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