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Want to become the Designated Premises Supervisor at your pub, shop, restaurant, hotel, supermarket, convenience store, garage, night club? Here are some basic facts you need to know.

The Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS) is the person who has day to day responsibility for the running of the premises. The DPS will act as the primary contact for the local authority, police and must be contactable at all times.

A DPS must hold a personal licence and any premises where alcohol is supplied under a premises licence must have a DPS. They will be named in the premises licence and a summary of which must be displayed on the premises.

You will need a DPS, if you have an ‘on licence’, an ‘off licence’ or both ‘on and off licence’. This is a fundamental obligation for you to retail alcohol. Private members’ clubs do not need to have a DPS. This function is delegated to the club’s committee members.

The DPS has the primary responsibility to ensure that all staff sell alcohol in a professional and legal manner. The DPS must inform the relevant licensing authority if he or she wishes to be removed as DPS. Within 48 hours of the notice being given to the licensing authority, the individual must also give the premises licence holder a copy of the same notice sent to the licensing authority.

It would be physically impossible for the DPS to be at the premises at all times. However, it will be expected that the DPS will spend a significant amount of time on the premises and will be fully aware of the procedures in place at the premises.

Although the premises may only have one DPS, more than one personal licence holder may be employed to work at the premises. A personal licence holder can supervise or authorise the sale of alcohol.

Only the Chief Officer of Police will be able to make representations about the nomination of a DPS, if they feel that the prevention of crime and disorder objective could be undermined. This could include fears that the DPS would not be able to fulfil the responsibilities in respect of the crime prevention objective for more than one premises at the same time.

Where the Chief Officer of Police makes representations about the DPS, the licensing authority must hold a hearing to consider them, unless all parties agree that this is unnecessary. As a result of the consideration of the representations, the licensing authority may refuse to specify the DPS if it considers it necessary for the promotion of the crime prevention objective.

Some DPS are responsible for more than one premises, but these premises must be geographically in proximity. For example, a DPS could manage two pubs in one town, but not a pub in Gloucester and one in Dudley. The distance between the two would be far too great to enable the DPS to have effective control of both.

Do call Johnny Walker on 07970 134 730 for details of my next course and how you can gain a personal licence, to become the DPS at your premises. Just call for free advice. It’ll be my pleasure to guide you. Cheers.