PAT, PLI and ProDub

DISCOfever considers the health & safety our clients, their guests and indeed ourselves very important. This is why Ian and all of our DJ’s carry full Public Liability Insurance (PLI) and make sure that all of our equipment is tested annually for electrical safety (PAT).

Electrical Safety & Insurance

With more and more venue’s stipulating in their room hire agreements that any entertainment services you book must have both PLI & PAT it really is worth checking that your DJ or Band is covered otherwise the venue could cancel your party without notice.

PLI is not a legal requirement, but in today’s world of “no win, no fee” legal cases – it’s a necessity. If you book a mobile disco without Public Liability Insurance and something happens due to negligence, (i.e. a guest tripping over cables not taped down to the floor, or speakers falling on top of someone) the courts will turn to the DJ first. If the DJ does not have cover, then they will turn to the person who hired the DJ.

The Portable Appliance Test (PAT) again is not compulsory however, more and more venue’s are insisting on equipment being tested annually and often need to see evidence before letting a DJ set up his or her equipment. This is mainly due to the fact that the venue’s own insurance policy documentation stipulates that all outside suppliers must have their equipment tested for safety before they are allowed to use the venue’s electricity supply.

We would be more than happy to supply you, or any venue with copies of our certificates for viewing at any time.

ProDub

In July 2008 a new licence was introduced by the MCPS and PRS Alliance aimed directly at DJ’s and fitness instructors who copy or format-shift music in their professional or semi-professional working capacity. Upon purchasing the licence, the holder could then legally download his or her original CD collection into a digital format ready to be used on Laptops or iPod-style players.

Venue’s are to be targeted in order to get them to help fight against those who copy music illegally. There could be cases where some venue’s will not let unlicensed DJ’s perform unless they have a licence. Venue’s will be asked to look out for Laptops, iPod style players and copied CD’s. It is up to the venue to then decide whether to report any use of copied music to the authorities.

As Ian uses MP3-based music during his performance he decided to buy the ProDub licence to try and help secure the future of the music industry. The licence now also allows us to freely convert our original CD’s into a digital format so that they can be played at future events. We think it also helps show the extent to which we will go to to show that we are a professional company and not a cheap “Dave Double Decks”.