Designated Premises Supervisor

A Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS) is the person named on a Premises Licence, under the Licensing Act 2003, as the person in day-to-day control of the premises. A DPS has all the legal and social responsibilities that go with being a Personal Licence holder, but also has a number of additional legal and social responsibilities as the person ultimately responsible for the lawful day-to-day running of premises with a Premises Licence. Ideally candidates should have sat the Goal NCPLH before studying for this qualification, but it is not a pre-requisite that these two qualifications should be sat in any particular order.

The aims of this qualification are to enable candidates to develop:

• An understanding of their responsibilities with regard to conducting risk assessments in respect of the four licensing objectives set down in the Licensing Act 2003.
• An understanding of how to develop measures, policies and procedures that will enable licensed premises to operate in such a way as to promote the four licensing objectives.
• An understanding of the other main legal and social responsibilities conferred by legislation and public policy in addition to those imposed by the Licensing Act 2003.