The Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 makes provision for regulating the sale of alcohol. Section 76 of that Act provides for the issuing of personal licences and other provisions in the Act regulate the circumstances in which a personal licence is required.

These Regulations set out the form of a personal licence (regulation 2 and Schedule 1) and the form of applications for the grant and renewal of such a licence (regulation 3 and Schedule 2).