Dumfries and Galloway Divisional Licensing Boards

The Dumfries and Galloway Licensing Boards are the statutory licensing authority under the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Gambling Act 2005.

There are four separate Divisional Licensing Boards for Dumfries and Galloway. The Boards meet to determine relevant applications and discuss related matters.

Licensing policies and principles

The Boards are under a duty to publish a number of local policies and guidance documents which inform decision-making. These documents are reviewed regularly.

Nithsdale Divisional Licensing Board

LICENSING (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 ("THE ACT")

PUBLICATION OF SUPPLEMENTARY LICENSING POLICY STATEMENT

Notice is hereby given that Nithsdale Divisional Licensing Board on 4 December 2019 agreed a Supplementary Licensing Policy Statement under Section 6(2) of the Act the terms of which are published from Tuesday 17 December 2019. This Supplementary Statement, which inserts the reasons for the Board's Policy Hours at new paragraphs 1.11.2 to 1.11.13 of the current Licensing Policy Statement 2018 -2023, comes into effect on Friday 20 December 2019.

The Licensing Policy Statement amended to incorporate the terms of the Nithsdale Divisional Licensing Board's Supplementary Licensing Policy Statement can be downloaded using the link above.