WC6 – Version 21 (22062020) Guidance Notes Window Cleaners

wc6 – version 2.1 (22.06.2020) guidance notes window cleaners introduction this guidance is provided for your information on

WC6 – Version 2.1 (22.06.2020)
Guidance Notes
Window Cleaners

Introduction
This guidance is provided for your information only and is not
prepared as a substitute for any independent legal advice. If this is
required you should contact your solicitor.
A Window Cleaner’s Licence is required for each individual who works
as or is employed as a Window Cleaner in Fife.
Application
A recent passport type photograph and the relevant public liability &
employers liability (if applicable) insurance documents require to be
submitted when making this application.
Application fees are non-refundable and are currently set at: £65 (1
year application) and £160 (3 year application).
Your application should be lodged online at this link: Window
Cleaner's Licence
Register of Applications
Fife Council will keep a register of applications in which it will
enter the date of receipt, the name and address of the applicant, the
decision, the issue date and duration of the licence, and a note of
any suspension, variation or surrender of the licence. This
information is available for inspection by any member of the public.
Application Process
The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982, prohibits the Council from
making a decision on your application until a minimum of 28 days has
passed from the date of application. During this time any person can
object to your application.
Applications will be copied to Police Scotland (Fife Division). On
receipt of a reply from Police Scotland (Fife Division) the licence
will either be granted by the Licensing Team, or where there are any
representations or objections to an application, the application will
be considered at a meeting of the Regulation & Licensing Committee, to
which the applicant will be invited to attend.
The majority of applications with no representations or objections
will take 4-6 weeks to process, however applications that are to be
considered by the Regulation & Licensing Committee will take longer to
determine. The Council has a maximum of 9 months from the date of
application within which to make its decision.
Previous Convictions
A full police record check is undertaken for all applicants and Police
Scotland (Fife Division) may report on any incidents applicants have
been involved in which required Police assistance. This may include
incidents that have not reached the Court, incidents resulting in “no
proceedings” by the Court and any outstanding Court cases. The
provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 apply to
convictions.
Refusal
You will be informed of the Regulation & Licensing Committee’s
decision, in writing, within 7 days of the date of the hearing. If
your application has been refused you may appeal against the decision,
to Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court, within 28 days of the date of the
decision.
If you have been refused Fife Council will not entertain a subsequent
application, within one year of the refusal, for the same type of
licence unless in its opinion there has been, since the refusal, a
material change of circumstances.
Conditions of Licence
A copy of the standard conditions applicable to this licence is below.
Fife Council requires all licenceholders to have a thorough
understanding of these conditions. The Committee can, if it wishes,
impose additional conditions and can grant the licence for a shorter
period than that applied for.
Renewal Applications
If an application for the renewal of a licence is made before its
expiry, the existing licence shall continue to have effect until, the
renewal licence has been granted or where the Council has refused that
application, the time within which an appeal against the decision can
be lodged has elapsed or, where such an appeal has been lodged, the
time when it has been abandoned or determined.
WC5 – Version 2.0 (25.05.2018)
CIVIC GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 1982
CONDITIONS RELATIVE TO
WINDOW CLEANERS LICENCES

1.
The licenceholder shall ensure that they have sufficient and
adequate public liability insurance cover.
2.
The licenceholder, whilst carrying out the act of Window Cleaning
shall always keep with them in a clean and legible condition their
licence identification badge which shall be exhibited on request
to any member of the Public, Police Officer or Council Officer.
3.
The licenceholder shall not lend or allow any other person to use
their licence/identification badge.
4. If, during the currency of the licence, the licenceholder is:
(a) charged with any offence; and/or
(b) issued with a fixed penalty, conditional offer or written warning
by the Police or Procurator Fiscal, the licenceholder shall provide,
in writing, full details of these to the Licensing Team at the address
below immediately.
Licensing Team, Finance & Corporate Services, Fife House, North
Street, Glenrothes, KY7 5LT. Tel: 03451 551177.