The Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 specifies that in Scotland, the holder of a personal licence must undergo refresher training within 5 years of the date of issue of their personal licence to ensure their licence remains valid; and every personal licence holder will be required to produce a certificate to the licensing board that originally issued their personal licence as evidence that they have passed the Scottish Certificate for Personal Licence Holders (Refresher) (SCPLHR).
In line with guidance issued to Licensing Boards by the Scottish Government all personal licence holder qualifications achieved in the transition period from 1st March 2008 to 31st August 2009 will be treated as having being issued on 1st September 2009.
As a result, everyone who achieved their personal licence holder qualification between 1st March 2008 and 1st September 2009, will have to successfully complete the SCPLH(R) qualification on or before 31st August 2014, and submit evidence of this to their licensing board before 1st December 2014.
Personal licence holders who obtained their personal licence after 1st September 2009 will have until 5 years prior to its expiry date to complete refresher training, and a further 3 months to notify the board. For example, if a personal licence was issued on 1st June 2012, then the training must be carried out or completed by 31st May 2017 and Notification submitted to the board by 31st August 2017 at the very latest.
If personal licence holders do not submit evidence of passing the SCPLH(R) to their licensing board before the deadline, their personal licences will be revoked.
Details of the qualification, which covers selected parts of the full SCPLH syllabus, are as follows:
| Qualification Title | Minimum course delivery time | Duration of exam | Number of exam questions | Pass mark |
| BIIAB Scottish Certificate for Personal Licence Holders (Refresher) (SCPLHR) | 3 hours | 1 hour | 40 | 28 out of 40 (70%) |
Use the SCPLH calculator to find out when you need to get this done by.
IMPORTANT PERSONAL LICENCE SCPLH & LICENCE REFRESHER TRAINING SCPLH(R) DATES NOW ANNOUNCED
Robin is delighted to announce his latest Licence Training course dates.
NORMAL PERSONAL LICENCE TRAINING (SCPLH) COURSE DATES
On each date SCPLH courses run from 10:00 – 16:30. Phone 07870 590909 or email robin@robinmorton.com to book.
Standard course fee is £140, except where indicated.
- Thursday 02 February 2017
- Thursday 09 February 2017
- Thursday 23 February 2017
- Thursday 09 March 2017
- Thursday 30 March 2017
- Wednesday 13 April 2017
- Wednesday 27 April 2017
- Wednesday 11 April 2017
- Wednesday 25 April 2017
REFRESHER TRAINING DATES
On each day courses run from 10:00 – 16:00 unless otherwise stated. Phone 07870 590909 or email robin@robinmorton.com to book.
Standard course fee is £95 per person, except where indicated.
- Thursday 02 February
- Thursday 09 February 2017
- Thursday 23 February 2017
- Thursday 09 March 2017
- Thursday 30 March 2017
- Wednesday 13 April 2017
- Wednesday 27 April 2017
- Wednesday 11 April 2017
- Wednesday 25 April 2017
Subsequent Refresher Training courses in 2017 will be available fortnightly or according to demand.
STAFF & AGE VERIFICATION TRAINING
Staff & Age Verification Training is available by special arrangement. Courses are £20 per head – please contact me by email to arrange the classes.
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