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MANAGER’S CERTIFICATE
APPLICATIONS

A manager’s certificate application must be submitted to your
local DLC. There is a standard application form that requests
details of any relevant experience and training as well as
other necessary information eg, any criminal convictions. It is
important to complete the application form fully and include
evidence of any training and experience you have had. It is
also helpful if you can provide a character reference.

All new applications for a manager’s certificate require
the applicant to hold the prescribe qualification or to have
completed the prescribed course of training as required by the
regulations – the Licence Controller Qualification.

No person under the age of 20 years can be appointed as a
manager of licensed premises.

The process

The DLC will refer your manager’s certificate application to
the Licensing Inspector and the Police. When the DLC is
considering an application for a manager’s certificate, it must
consider the following criteria:

• The applicant’s suitability
• Any convictions
• Experience, particularly recent experience, in controlling
licensed premises
• Training, particularly recent training, that the applicant has
undertaken and evidence of the prescribed qualification
(LCQ certificate)

Renewal

A manager’s certificate is initially issued for one year and then
is usually renewed every three years. It is the responsibility
of the holder of a manager’s certificate to ensure that
a renewal application is lodged in time. Some, but not all,
DLCs send out reminders to holders of manager’s certificates
to inform them their certificates are due to expire, so it is
important to advise the issuing DLC of any change of address.

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