Liquor, Civic Government, Gambling

The Comhairle’s legal services section deals with licensing. Our main functions concerning licensing include:

the management and administration of the Licensing Board.
the management and administration of Licensing under the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982

Western Isles Licensing Board

Annual Functions Report and Annual Financial Report under the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005

The Western Isles Licensing Board is required under section 9A of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 to publish an annual functions report and under section 9B of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 to publish an annual financial report, which are available below:

Western Isles Licensing Board Annual Functions Report 2020-2021 (161.9kB)

Western Isles Licensing Board Expanded Financial Report 2019-2020 (206.6kB) (Opens in a new window or downloads a file)

Statement of Licensing Policy for the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005

Section 6 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 requires every Licensing Board to publish a regularly updated Statement of Licensing Policy. This Policy is available to view and came into effect in November 2018.

Western Isles Licensing Board Policy (596.6kB) (Opens in a new window or downloads a file)

Overprovision Map (3.5MB) (Opens in a new window or downloads a file)

Members of the Western Isles Licensing Board

Iain M Macleod
Iain M Macaulay
Norrie Tomsh Macdonald
Kenneth J Maclean
Robert Mackenzie
Frances Murray
Donald Macsween
Calum Maclean
George Murray
Finlay Stewart

Civic Government Licensing

The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 makes provision for the licensing and regulation of certain activities. Licences are issued and enforced for a wide range of functions, for example; Taxi/ Private Hire Car Operator’s Licences; Taxi/ Private Hire Car Driver Licences; Public Entertainment Licences; Public Charitable Collections and Cinema Licences.