Premises and personal license must to sell alcohol

People, who want to become part of hospitality industry often put forward the question “how to apply for personal licence in order to sell alcohol?” however, they should know that as per the licensing act a person must obtain NCPLH qualification that is must these days.

One thing is that if you wish to attain licence to sell alcohol, then you must be aware that it incorporates two licenses:

• Personal licence
• Premises licence

In terms of alcohol licensing these two licenses are must and rest all the norms are completely abolished from the picture.

Applying for licence:

 

To attain licensing qualification

In order to attain a personal license it is must that you undertake a licensing law course and furthermore sit for the exam too. In most of the countries Award for Personal Licence Holders (APLH) Level 2 training course is taken. And in Scotland, you are required to take Scottish Certificate for Personal Licence Holders (SCPLH) Level 5 course. But, now both of these are replaced by National Certificate for Personal Licence Holders (NCPLH) Level 2 training course.

Application procedure

As a person successfully completes the licensing law qualification, now a person could freely apply for personal licence in order to sell alcohol. The application is obtained from the local licensing authority which is the licensing department of the local council. While filing for the application the candidates are to prove that they have no relevant convictions. This method includes Criminal Records Bureau check and in most countries the local cops also carry out this checking.

The cops have full right to question on the personal licence application if they find any applicant at fault.

Applying for a Premises Licence

A premises licence is really important if you want to carry out any of the alcoholic activities in your premises. This license gives you the opportune to sell alcohol or the provision of regulated entertainment, to be carried out within the premises. Inclusive of the personal license application, a premises license application is also filed in the local licensing authority. If any changes are made to the existing premises then even those are to be detailed effectively. All the extensions must be detailed so that the investigation process completes on a peace note.

Following are the key part of the licence applications:

• Foremost, the fees
• The operation schedule in which the person filing for the application would detail as to how his operational hours be
• Detail plan out of the premises
• The written consent that the person is successfully designated as premises supervisor

Once you attain the licence to sell alcohol then it is must that you are to advertise your premises license application by either displaying a notice or by publishing a notice in local newspaper.

After this, the person who holds the personal licence plus the premises licence is given the liability to sell alcohol within the premises and is designated as DPS (Designated Premises Supervisor). In common language is known as premise manager. It is believed until and unless the nomination of DPS is not done, until then the licence application is not considered completed.