Personal licence guidance notes

A personal licence may not be issued to an individual or an individual in a partnership which is not a limited liability partnership who is resident in the UK who:

• does not have the right to live and work in the UK or
• is subject to a condition preventing him or her from doing work relating to the carrying on of a licensable activity

Any personal licence issued in respect of an application made on or after 6 April 2017 will become invalid if the holder ceases to be entitled to work in the UK.

Applicants must demonstrate that they have the right to work in the UK and are not subject to a condition preventing them from doing work relating to the carrying on of a licensing activity. They do this in one of two ways:

1. by providing with this application copies or scanned copies of the documents listed in Documents which demonstrate entitlement to work in the UK (which do not need to be certified)
2. by providing their 'share code' to enable the licensing authority to carry out a check using the Home Office online right to work checking service