Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Sale and supply of alcohol generally - Licensing bodies - District licensing committees

197: Licensing inspectors

You could also call this:

"People who check if alcohol sellers are following the rules"

The chief executive of your local council must appoint one or more licensing inspectors for your area. You can think of inspectors as people who check if businesses that sell alcohol are following the rules. Inspectors have to make sure these businesses are doing what they are supposed to do according to the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.

Inspectors have other jobs to do as well, which are outlined in the Act. When inspectors are doing their jobs, they must work independently and not be influenced by others. Your local council must make sure its inspectors can work independently.

If there is more than one inspector in your area, the council must choose one to be the chief licensing inspector. The chief licensing inspector's main job is to make sure the rules are enforced consistently, so everyone follows the same rules.

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196: Secretary of licensing committees, or

"The person who helps the groups that decide about alcohol licences"

198: Delegation of functions, duties, or powers of chief executives, or

"Chief executives can give others some of their jobs to do with permission from the territorial authority."

Part 2Sale and supply of alcohol generally
Licensing bodies: District licensing committees

197Licensing inspectors

For the purposes of this Act, the chief executive of each territorial authority must appoint 1 or more licensing inspectors for its district.
Inspectors must monitor licensees' compliance with this Act.
Inspectors have all the other functions, powers, and duties conferred on them by or under this Act.
Inspectors must act independently when exercising and performing their functions, duties, and powers and each territorial authority must take steps to ensure that its inspector or inspectors are able to act independently.
If more than 1 inspector is appointed by a territorial authority then the territorial authority must appoint one of the inspectors to be its chief licensing inspector.
The function of a chief licensing inspector is to foster consistency in enforcement of this Act.