Liquor-licensed establishments now face a June 1 deadline to get certified under new regulations for serving alcohol or face heavy fines.Cada chairman Anthony Santucci said there are still a few premises yet to go through the Training for Intervention Procedures (TIPS) course, which becomes mandatory after this month under the amended Liquor Licence Act.“We’re working through the last of the bars that have yet to become compliant,” Mr Santucci said. “We are rounding up the last of them.”He said checking on compliance meant simply running through a list of between two and three hundred licensed establishments.Cada is offering TIPS training, at $50 a person, from May 30 to June 3.“We have had a great response, and people do understand the need for it,” Mr Santucci said. “Obviously, taking the course is a lot cheaper than getting a $3,000 fine. I don’t think fines will be a big issue.”The Liquor Licence Amendment Act (2010) gave one year for a manager or supervisor to take responsible server training, which is a one-day course followed by a test. Those who pass will be certified for three years.Under the law, a premises that cannot show TIPS certification is liable on summary conviction to be fined. Mr Santucci said“As of June 1, we will renew that issue with any ones that have not yet complied,” he said. “For now, only managers and supervisors have to be trained, just people in charge, not all the people working in the industry.”Phil Barnett, chairman of the nightclub and restaurant division at the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce, said all of his own businesses have gone through the programme.“I’ve taken the programme myself,” he said. “Around the world, anybody working in hospitality in the last 20 years has gone through this training. It’s expected now for Bermuda to be the same as other jurisdictions. From what I’ve heard, it’s been well received here.“Right now it’s simply to have someone certified in the establishment at all times. The goal will be to ensure that all individuals within the business are certified as a matter of course.”Responsible server training covers not only restaurants and bars, but liquor and grocery stores, private clubs, hotels, and boats where alcohol is served.Cada’s last TIPS courses are 9.30am to 3.30pm May 30 through June 3, with evening classes on May 31 and June 2 from 5.30pm to 11.15pm.Useful web link: www.cada.bm.