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06 Jun 2023

Scottish Police Campaign to Crack Down on Adults Buying Alcohol for Under 18 Year Olds

Police Scotland has announced a crackdown on Adults illegally purchasing alcohol for Minors. The Campaign launched this month across Scotland is called “It’ll cost you”. It is aimed at preventing proxy purchases, which is where ...

01 Jun 2023

Judicial Review refused by High Court over CCTV requirement in taxis

Drivers of South Cambridgeshire have had permission refused for a Judicial Review over the Council’s Policy requiring all taxis to be fitted with CCTV. Although the application was refused, the lateness of application appeared to be the main...

31 May 2023

SIA Applicant Support

Since the Pandemic there has been a shortage of SIA operatives and the industry is seeking to support those looking to qualify by launching a series of videos to help people with the application process. There are 3 videos on how to apply,coverin...

31 May 2023

Potential changes to vaping laws

In the context of a reported rise in experimental vaping amongst 11 to 17 year olds and concerns that illegal vapes can contain unsafe levels of lead, nickel and chromium, the Government is looking to tighten up rules relating to vaping. Currentl...

26 May 2023

Scotland | Visitor levy legislation introduced

On the 25th May 2023, the Scottish Government introduced a Bill to create a Visitor levy.  A copy of the Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill, can be found here. In their 2022-2023 Programme for Government, the Scottish Government committed to intro...

23 May 2023

A little less conversation, a little more action

On 4 April 2017, the House of Lords Select Committee published its post-legislation scrutiny report in relation to the Licensing Act 2003. The Government then issued their response on 6 November 2017. There was then a follow-up report from the Ho...