COMMENTARY ON SECTIONS General Section 37 – Application to vary licence to specify individual as premises supervisor
86.Subsections (1) to (3) provide that a premises licence holder can apply to name a person in the licence as the premises supervisor or substitute a different person for the person currently named. Any such application may be required to be in a form prescribed by the Secretary of State and to be accompanied by a fee. The application must also be accompanied by a form of consent given by the proposed new premises supervisor, and by the premises licence or the relevant part of the licence or a statement as to why the licence or part cannot be submitted. Subsection (4) provides that the applicant must notify the police and the existing designated premises supervisor, if there is one, of the application. Subsections (5) and (6) provide that the chief officer of police can object to the variation if he believes there are exceptional circumstances whereby the grant of the application to specify a new premises supervisor would undermine the crime prevention objective, and if so he must provide reasons for his decision within 14 days.