With effect from 1st October 2011, Section 6 of The Alcohol etc. (Scotland) Act 2010 introduces a new mandatory condition for all
premises licences and occasional licences requiring that there must
be an age verification policy in relation to the sale of alcohol on the
premises. The section has set a minimum age of 25 years for the
policy where it appears to the person selling the alcohol that the
customer may be under the age of 25 years. Premises may set .
any minimum age for their own policy provided that it is 25 years .
or over.

The acceptable forms of age verification are:

(i) A passport
(ii) A European Photocard Driving Licence or
(iii) A prescribed other document (the only one of which is currently
a photographic identity card of a type approved by the British
Retail Consortium for the purposes of its Proof of Age Standards
Scheme (PASS card)