Licensing
Covid - Scottish Vaccine Passports | Enforcement of new rules delayed
In an update to the Scottish Parliament this afternoon, the First Minister (Nicola Sturgeon) announced the proposed Vaccine Passport scheme will go ahead from 5am on Friday (1st October) meaning people going to nightclubs and many other large even...
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Covid 19 - Reinsurance Scheme Details Released
We previously reported on the Reinsurance Scheme devised and set up by the Government in England, further details have now been released. The full set of rules running to some 87 pages have been published and are available here Live Events Reinsu...
Covid 19 - City of Edinburgh Council - external area use extension
Maybe as a result of the recent warm weather but more likely due to the continued high rates of transmission of Covid 19 in the central Scottish belt The City of Edinburgh Council is to allow its restaurants to keep their temporary outdoor dining ...
Covid 19 - Automatic right to off sales extended
The Business & Planning Act 2020, both streamlined the Pavement Café regime and afforded those premises which did not already have the ability to provide off-sales, to make such sales without varying their Premises licence. The r...
Covid 19 - Scotland - Moray Council Occasional licences
At the September Licensing Board Meeting Moray council decided to review the dispensation they had granted in June 2020 to allow open ended occasional licences to enable premise to increase their capacity. The Board has decided that this will cea...
Covid 19 - Winter is Coming! Prime Ministers Plan A & B
In an announcement yesterday from No.10, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, accompanied by Government Medical Advisors Professor Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance, informed the nation of the Government’s winter plan for tackling Covid-19 case...
Covid 19 - England vaccine passport plans ditched
In a much-awaited announcement for the hospitality sector, the Health Secretary, Sajid Javid, confirms that the Government will not be proceeding with plans to introduce vaccine passports for access into nightclubs and large events in England. Whi...