Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005

Training of staff

6 (1) No person (other than a person who holds a personal licence) is to work in the premises in the capacity mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) unless that person has complied with such requirements as to the training of staff as may be prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph.

(2) That is a capacity (whether paid or unpaid) which involves the person—

(a) making sales of alcohol, or

(b) where alcohol is sold on the premises for consumption on the premises, serving such alcohol to any person.

(3) Regulations under sub-paragraph (1) prescribing training requirements may, in particular—

(a) provide for the accreditation by the Scottish Ministers of—

(i) courses of training, and

(ii) persons providing such courses,

for the purposes of the regulations,

(b) prescribe different training requirements in relation to different descriptions of persons,

(c) require that any person providing training or any particular description of training in accordance with the regulations hold a personal licence or such other qualification as may be prescribed in the regulations, and

(d) require training to be undergone again at such intervals as may be prescribed in the regulations.