Hats off to Dundee Licensing Board as they take sensible approach to Personal Licence renewals

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Dundee Licensing Board have thrown a lifeline to licensees who have failed to either do, or get their personal licence refresher training certificates in, before the December deadline date.

This will affect the 369 licence holders across the Dundee region who have yet to inform the board that they have completed their refresher training.

The board has agree the following:- If a personal licence holder HAS done the refresher training either before or (after the cut off date) then the board will accept late notification of them passing the course but they will have to attach a letter explaining why it was not submitted before the cut off date. Only decent explanations will be accepted..ie ‘The trainer never mentioned we had to hand the certificate in’ or ‘My boss told me he was doing that’. They must also submit the refresher training certificate and full original personal licence. If they have lost the personal licence they will be charged £20 for a replacement.

If the person has NOT done their refresher training then the board will allow them to surrender their licence even though it is past the cut off date (this means that they will not be banned from getting a personal licence for five years). This will be permitted even if the person does not want to do a full personal licence course straight away.

If a Designated Premises Manager (DPM) has to surrender their licence then the premises licence holder must inform the board that their DPM is no longer the DPM for that premises and this will give them the six weeks to do the required training and apply for a new personal licence. It has been decided that if the DPM comes out of the premises the board will permit them to go straight back in once the required licence has been granted (ignoring S54 – substitute another individual as the premises manager). This is a ‘U’ turn on what was previously agreed but only for this type of administration error.

If the person does not want to notify the board or does not want to surrender their licence then that licence will be revoked.

The Licensing Board will in the next few days issue a letter to the 369 individuals that have not informed the board of their refresher training. That letter will tell them that their licence will be revoked if they do not submit their training cert and if they are unsure to contact Graeme or I.

Dundee Licensing Board have said that this aforementioned rules will be the boards process in dealing with personal licence holders refresher from now on.  Here’s hoping the rest of Scotland’s licensing boards follow suit.

Category: News
Tags: Designated Premises Manager, Dundee Licensing Board, Personal Licence holders, pubs