Guidance and regulation

List of accredited organisations that provide courses and exams for a personal licence to sell alcohol.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 1 November 2023

• Accredited personal licence qualification providers

  Accredited personal licence qualification providers The Home Secretary has…

This guidance is provided to support licensing authorities to carry out their functions under the Licensing Act 2003.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 18 January 2024

Information on alcohol licensing fee levels and additional fees.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 25 April 2012

• Main fee levels

  1. Main fee levels Band A B C D E Non domestic rateable value None to…

• Additional and other fees

  1. Additional fees Number in attendance at any one time Additional…

Guide to the legislation relevant to false ID, to the types of valid ID, and to what action should be taken when presented with false ID.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 30 July 2012

Guidance on late night refreshment licensing including new powers permitting licensing authorities to exempt certain suppliers.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 1 October 2015

Guidance on the banning of below-cost sales of alcohol in England and Wales, and a duty plus VAT permitted price calculator.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 14 June 2017

Includes the amended guidance issued under section 182 guidance and an error notice for the guidance.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 27 June 2013

Public health teams make sure that licensing policy and applications consider the health and wellbeing of local communities.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 6 February 2020

This guidance is for retailers on the mandatory licensing conditions.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 3 September 2014

This guidance has been written for police officers to use.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 7 March 2011

Prescribed form of counter notice form to download.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 1 January 2022

This resource provides details of datasets or sources of information available to examine the impact of alcohol licensing.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 12 June 2019

This guidance explains how to use the provisions in the 2003 Act inserted by section 21 of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 12 November 2015

Explains the circumstances for serving a closure notice under section 19 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 28 May 2012

This guidance relates to the alcohol licensing provisions in the Business and Planning Act 2020 only.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 22 September 2023

These posters are part of a campaign to help door staff at clubs and pubs spot counterfeit identification. Date: Wed Feb 23 14:59:05 GMT 2011…

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 23 February 2011

Includes additional information on alcohol and late night refreshment licensing statistics.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 13 October 2022

This revised guidance and explanatory memorandum from June 2014 have been superseded by documents published in October 2014.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 13 October 2014

Application to vary a club premises certificate including guidance.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 12 November 2010

A practical approach to evidence and making representations to a licensing authority about applications for new or existing premises.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 9 May 2019