28  Designated Premises Supervisor

28.1  The sale of alcohol because of its wider impact on the community carries with it greater responsibility than that associated with the provision of entertainment and late night refreshment. The main purpose of having a Designated Premises Supervisor is to ensure that that there is a specified individual that can be readily identified at the premises. The Designated Premises Supervisor therefore will occupy a pivotal role in terms of management and supervision of the premises, and may be given day to day responsibility for running the premises.

28.2  The Designated Premises Supervisor can authorise another personal licence holder in his/her place and that this authority needs to be put in writing for there to be meaningful and proper authorisation.

28.3  A joint interview may be arranged where the police are minded to object to the transfer of a designated premises supervisor on the grounds that such transfer may undermine the Crime Prevention objective.

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