The Home Office and Office for Product Safety and Standards have issued a call for proposals from technology providers to run trials of age assurance solutions for the retail sale of alcohol.

This webinar will provide further detail on the call for the role of responsible authorities, such as the local licensing authority, police and trading standards. The webinar will explain the proposed role of responsible authorities, the local written agreement template and requirements and the options available to local authorities.

The webinar is aimed at any police licensing officers, local licensing officers, trading standards officers or other interested parties from responsible authorities under the Licensing Act 2003.

The webinar will be provided by:

Tony Allen - Chair of the OPSS Expert Panel on Age Restrictions

Iain Corby - Executive Director of the Age Verification Providers Association

Dr Taybia Mohammed - Lead Scientist for the Age Check Certification Scheme

The webinar will include a sessions on:

• The purpose of the call for proposals, policy issues and scope, the role of responsible authorities.
• The impact of trials on the Licensing Objectives, addressing the mandatory conditions, clarity of trial purpose.
• The emerging trial ideas, the technology that is out there and the likely impact of the trials for local communities
• Preparation of evaluation and research methodology plans
• The mechanics of the call, including the preparation of local written agreements for successful bidders

The webinar is FREE OF CHARGE and will last for 1 hour (CPPD = 1 hour core). A certificate of attendance can be provided for those that request it.