This guidance should assist you in completing and applying for a personal licence under the Licensing Act 2003.
The following information will guide you on what is required in respect of:
However, if you wish to discuss your application, please contact Customer Services on 0845 129 77 77 or 01298 28400 or email customer-services@highpeak.gov.uk.
Two photographs of yourself will need to accompany your application and these must be:
One of the photographs must be endorsed, by a specified person (i.e. solicitor or notary, a teacher or lecturer, or other professional person).
The endorsement should verify your likeness as the applicant.
It could state:-
Fees and Charges payable by applicants under the Licensing Act 2003:
| Occasion on which fee may be payable | Fee |
|---|---|
| Application | £37.00 |
| Application for copy of licence on theft, loss etc of personal licence | £10.50 |
| Notification of change of name or address (personal licence) | £10.50 |
The licence, unless suspended, revoked or surrendered, last for ten years with the statutory fee payable at the time of renewal.
To qualify for a personal licence you must hold a licensing qualification which is:
Various suppliers run courses for Personal Licence Holder qualifications.
The contact numbers are:
| University of Derby |
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| Tel: 01332 594650 or 01332 594654; or email enterprise@derby.ac.uk |
| The National Certificate for Personal Licence Holders (NCPLH) courses run for 1½ days, including the examination. Courses are run monthly and the fee is £145. |
| Tameside College |
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| Tel: 0161 908 6774 or 0161 908 6701 Contact Kath Kinder or Dawn Harwood |
| The courses run for one day, followed by an exam shortly afterwards. Courses are run on demand and the fee is £145. |
| Remscott Training and Development |
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| Gregg Meadow, 60a Manchester Road, Chapel-en-le-Frith, SK23 9TH |
| Contact Chris Theyer call 01298 812 825 or 07976 647 890 email enquiries@remscott.com or visit the website: www.remscott.com (External website**) |
| Various licensing courses available including: the NCPLH (National Certificate for Personal Licence Holders). NCPLH courses run monthly at High Peak and Derbyshire Dales. £145 per person – includes examination, certification, course handbook, refreshments and lunch. |
| John Gaunt and Partners, Sheffield |
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| Phone 0114 266 8664 Contact Katharine Redford or David Lambert |
| Courses cost £130 |
This will include information on your licence and local authorities, relevant offences, alcohol (strengths/effects etc), Police powers, duties, together with information about premises licences and activities etc.
These include Award in Responsible Alcohol Retailing; National Certificate for Licensees (Drug Awareness); and National Certificate for Door Supervisors.
Various courses, not involving licensing, can be located from the same page - including Workplace Safety, Food Safety, Customer Focus, Professional Development, Information Technology and Computing, and Adult Literacy and Numeracy.
All premises licences authorising the supply of alcohol must have an identified personal licence holder known as the designated premises supervisor. This ensures there is always one specified individual who can be readily identified at a premises where a premises licence is in force. This person will usually be responsible for the day-to-day running of the premises.
More than one individual at the licensed premises may hold a personal licence, although it is not necessary for all staff to be licensed. But, all supplies of alcohol under a premises licence must be made by or under the authority of a personal licence holder.
If you become a premises supervisor you will have to sign a form accepting this responsibility. This will then be submitted, possibly by the premises licence holder, with an application to change the current premises supervisor. If for any reason you then relinquish this post, you must inform us that you are doing so.
You licence forms two parts:
High Peak Borough Council remains your 'home' licensing authority, no matter where in England or Wales you may work. You must notify us if you move, change your name or are convicted of a relevant offence immediately.
If you need to have a new badge issued, you should contact us in writing enclosing a cheque for £10.50 and an amended badge can be issued to you.
Unless you have lost your existing licence, this should also be returned to us at the time you request your new licence.
If you need to have a new badge issued, you should contact us in writing enclosing a cheque for £10.50 and an amended badge can be issued to you.
Unless you have lost your existing licence, this should also be returned to us at the time you request your new licence.
The following are accredited personal licence qualification providers and meet the statutory requirements:
Basic criminal record checks can be obtained from Disclosure Scotland. For further details call their helpline number 0870 609 6006, or their website www.disclosurescotland.co.uk (External website**). The cost is £20.
This refers to the offences listed in the Act that could, on conviction, rule out the grant or renewal of a personal licence to the applicant concerned.
The offences include:
When applying for the grant of a personal licence or for the renewal of a personal licence, you must include details of any relevant or foreign offences for which you have been convicted or, in the case of applications for the renewal of the licence, which you have been convicted of since the grant or last renewal of the licence.
NB: If you are convicted of a relevant offence, you MUST inform the Court at the time you are convicted - it is an offence not to do so.
You must:
Except in the case of a TEN a personal licence does not authorise its holder to supply alcohol anywhere, but only from establishments with a premises licence authorising the supply of alcohol in accordance with the premises licence. An individual may hold only one personal licence at any one time.
Licensing Office
Environment and Health Service
High Peak Borough Council
Council Offices
Hayfield Road
Chapel-en-le-Frith
High Peak
SK23 0QJ
email LA2003@highpeak.gov.uk
Phone 0845 129 7777 or 01298 28400 ext 4452
| Derbyshire Constabulary 'B' Division - Licensing | 01298 762015 |
| BIIAB or www.biiab.org (External website**) for list of course providers | 01276 684449 |
| Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) or info@qcs.org.uk | 020 7509 5555 |
| Education Development International Plc customerservice@ediplc.com re qualifications | 08707 202909 |
| Disclosure Scotland www.disclosurescotland.co.uk (External website**) | 0870 609 6006 |
| Security Industry Authority in relation to Door Supervisors | 08702 430 100 |
**Please note: High Peak Borough Council is not responsible for the content of any external websites.