Licence application process

Licences are granted for a maximum period of one year and must be renewed annually. All licences expire on 30 June, regardless of when they were granted. If you wish to apply for a new special treatments premises licence you should read this document, which explains the application procedure and all requirements.

How to apply for a special treatments premises licence (PDF, 226KB)

New and existing licence holders should also read the Rules of procedure, which explains how all applications are processed and sets out the procedure for renewal, variation and transfer of licences.

Rules of procedure (PDF, 408KB)

All licences are granted subject to the licence holder complying with licence conditions. The standard licence conditions are to be found in the Special Treatment Regulations. Under some circumstances, licensees may have to comply with additional special conditions.

Special Treatments Regulations (licence conditions) (PDF, 363KB)

Practitioners carrying out special treatments must have received appropriate training and be properly qualified to provide those treatments. The Accepted Qualifications document lists all special treatments qualifications this council considers acceptable.

Accepted qualifications (PDF, 182KB)

Qualifications – these are for guidance only

For QCF and to understand levels see the Accredited Qualifications website.

CIDESO and CIBTAC are international beauty qualifications that are of at least as high a standard as our NVQ/QCF. CIBTAC is the sister company of BABTAC, but they offer the qualifications – BABTAC do not.

ITEC is another international qualification mainly for beauty and complimentary treatments. 

All qualifications should be accompanied with a breakdown of exactly what units have been studied. It is this document that you should look at to see details of what has been covered, especially at level 3 and above as each student will take different options at this level.

You can check whether a qualification is regulated by visiting the Ofqual Register