National Licensing Forum

The Institute is delighted to both chair and provide the secretariat for the NLF. The NLF effortlessly fits within our aim – to advance the development, evaluation and recognition of licensing in the public and private sectors.

The Institute of Licensing is delighted to both chair and provide the secretariat for the NLF. The NLF effortlessly fits within our aim – to advance the development, evaluation and recognition of licensing in the public and private sectors.

The original forum played a valuable role in informing licensing policy development, implementation and compliance for much of the 1990’s and the first half of the last decade. Since the Licensing Act 2003 came into force in November 2005 the forum had fallen into disuse.

Given the ongoing importance of licensing and the high profile nature of related problems, the Institute of Licensing initiated the re-establishment of the forum with the intention of once again providing the opportunity for discussion between representative groups in relation to licensing issues.

We believe the forum has an essential role to play in:

  • informing the implementation of new licensing arrangements through legislative change
    acting as a sounding board for Government as further aspects of licensing reform are considered;
  • allowing all to share best practice regarding policy implementation; and
  • giving industry an opportunity to work in partnership with regulators to improve both compliance and regulation.

Contacting the NLF