GAUTENG LIQUOR BOARD TRAINING COURSES
03 AUGUST 2018
GAUTENG LIQUOR BOARD TRAINING COURSES
You may or may not be aware that in some of the other provinces before a manager can be nominated and before a licence is issued, the principals and the person to be nominated are required to attend a training course at the offices of the Liquor Board. They then obtain a certificate which allows them to be a licencee or a nominee.
The Gauteng Liquor Board has introduced a voluntary training system for people who will be running licenced businesses. This is not aimed directly at the licencee as many licencees are not involved in the business directly and are simply investors or senior management who do not visit the businesses on a daily basis.
Accordingly the Liquor Board has invited licencees to send members of their staff to attend this free course offered by the Gauteng Liquor Board.
This will be a two hour course held on a Monday or a Friday from 10H00 to 12H00 at the offices of the Liquor Board at 124 Main Street (behind the Carlton Centre) in Johannesburg.
Places for the course will have to be booked at least a week (preferably two weeks) in advance and can be done through my office. In order to do this I will need the full name, identity number email address and cell number of the person to attend as well as the name of the business and the GAU or GLB reference number.
The following points will be canvassed at the sessions:
- An introduction to the Gauteng Liquor Act, which included general liquor trading compliance,
- Delegates will be afforded an opportunity to obtain clarify and ask relevant, trading and compliance related questions around the conditions of their liquor licenses.
- The Gauteng Liquor Board confirms that the delegates fully understand the importance of trading responsibly and the negative effects of non-compliance to the Gauteng Liquor Act.
- Delegates were made aware of the possible penalties that will apply as a result of non-compliance to the Gauteng Liquor Act and non-adherence to the conditions of their liquor licenses.
- Delegates have been made aware that their liquor trading licenses remain property of the Liquor Board and may be revoked due to non-compliance.
- Delegates have been urged to contact their local municipalities to ascertain full compliance to by laws that may impact on the day-to-day business activities. (this is extremely important as most businesses do not have the required licences and certificates)
- Delegates fully understand the conditions of their liquor licenses, their responsibilities; as the license holders, the obligation to renew their liquor licenses, annually on or before the date of issue.
- Delegates understand that no liquor shall be sold and or served to any prohibited individuals, including minors; pregnant women and already intoxicated person/s.
Please note that it is in your interests to take advantage of this opportunity. You will have noted that of late the police and the Liquor Board inspectors have become far more active. They are presently visiting all premises in Gauteng and checking on compliance with the Liquor Act as well as certain of the aspects which will be covered at these training sessions.
The licencees and the directors of company’s which hold licences are also now far more vulnerable as the Liquor Board has taken a decision to either call them to a meeting of the Board (which effectively means a day off work and sitting in the offices of the Board) or to issue summonses against them personally for contraventions of the Liquor Act.
Both of these have serious financial and social consequences and must be avoided at all costs.