LICENSING ACT 2003
CONDITIONS ATTACHED TO THE GRANT OF THIS LICENCE
This licence is granted subject to any Mandatory Conditions imposed by the Licensing Act 2003, and conditions volunteered on the application form to be undertaken by the applicant and where necessary, conditions imposed by the Licensing Authority in order to promote the Licensing Objectives.
Mandatory Conditions:
a No supply of alcohol may be made under the Premises Licence at a time when there is no Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS) in respect of the Premises Licence OR at a time when the Designated Premises Supervisor does not hold a Personal Licence or his/her Personal Licence has been suspended.
b Every supply of alcohol under the Premises Licence must be made or authorized by a person who holds a Personal Licence.
c Any Door Security staff employed to carry out a security activity at the premises must be licensed with the Security Industry Authority (SIA).
d. In respect of the exhibition of films as mentioned below:
1 The admission of children to the exhibitions of any film is restricted as follows:
2 Where the film classification body is specified in the licence, unless 3(b) below applies, the admission of children is restricted in accordance with any recommendation of that body.
3 Where:-
(a) the film classification body is not specified in this licence, or
(b) the licensing authority has notified the holder of the licence that this subsection applies to the film in question,
the admission of children is restricted in accordance with any recommendation made by the licensing authority.
4 In relation to the above:
“children” means persons under the age of 18 years; and
“film classification body” means the persons or person designated as the authority under section 4 of the Video Recordings Act 1984.
Mandatory Conditions pursuant to The Licensing Act 2003
Mandatory Licensing Conditions (Amendment) Order 2014
1. (1) The responsible person must ensure that staff on relevant premises do not carry out, arrange or participate in any irresponsible promotions in relation to the premises.
(2) In this paragraph, an irresponsible promotion means any one or more of the following activities, or substantially similar activities, carried on for the purpose of encouraging the sale or supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises:
(a) games or other activities which require or encourage, or are designed to require or encourage, individuals to:
(i) drink a quantity of alcohol within a time limit (other than to drink alcohol sold or supplied on the premises before the cessation of the period in which the responsible person is authorised to sell or supply alcohol), or
(ii) drink as much alcohol as possible (whether within a time limit or otherwise)
(b) provision of unlimited or unspecified quantities of alcohol free or for a fixed or discounted fee to the public or to a group defined by a particular characteristic in a manner which carries a significant risk of undermining a licensing objective
(c) provision of free or discounted alcohol or any other thing as a prize to encourage or reward the purchase and consumption of alcohol over a period of 24 hours or less in a manner which carries a significant risk of undermining a licensing objective
(d) selling or supplying alcohol in association with promotional posters or flyers on, or in the vicinity of, the premises which can reasonably be considered to condone, encourage or glamorise anti-social behaviour or to refer to the effects of drunkenness in any favourable manner
(e) dispensing alcohol directly by one person into the mouth of another (other than where that other person is unable to drink without assistance by reason of disability).
2. The responsible person must ensure that free potable water is provided on request to customers where it is reasonably available.
3. (1) The premises licence holder or club premises certificate holder must ensure that an age verification policy is adopted in respect of the premises in relation to the sale or supply of alcohol.
(2) The designated premises supervisor in relation to the premises licence must ensure that the supply of alcohol at the premises is carried on in accordance with the age verification policy.
(3) The policy must require individuals who appear to the responsible person to be under 18 years of age (or such older age as may be specified in the policy) to produce on request, before being served alcohol, identification bearing their photograph, date of birth and either:
(a) a holographic mark, or
(b) an ultraviolet feature.
4. The responsible person must ensure that:
(a) where any of the following alcoholic drinks is sold or supplied for consumption on the premises (other than alcoholic drinks sold or supplied having been made up in advance ready for sale or supply in a securely closed container) it is available to customers in the following measures:
(i) beer or cider: ½ pint
(ii) gin, rum, vodka or whisky: 25 ml or 35 ml, and
(iii) still wine in a glass: 125 ml
(b) these measures are displayed in a menu, price list or other printed material which is available to customers on the premises, and
(c) where a customer does not in relation to a sale of alcohol specify the quantity of alcohol to be sold, the customer is made aware that these measures are available.
Definition:
Responsible person - as defined by section 153 (4) Licensing Act 2003 -
(a) In relation to a licensed premises -
(i) the holder of a premises licence in relation to a premises
(ii) the designated premises supervisor (if any) under such a licence
(iii) any individual aged 18 or over who is authorised for the purposes of this section by such a holder or supervisor.
(b) In relation to premises in respect of which there is in force a club premises certificate, any member or officer of the club present on the premises in a capacity which enables him to prevent the supply in question.
The Licensing Act 2003 (Mandatory Conditions) Order 2014
1. A relevant person shall ensure that no alcohol is sold or supplied for consumption on or off the premises for a price which is less than the permitted price.
2. For the purposes of the condition set out in paragraph 1-
(a) “duty” is to be construed in accordance with the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979
(b) “permitted price” is the price found by applying the formula-
where-
P = D + (D x V)
(i) P is the permitted price,
(ii) D is the amount of duty chargeable in relation to the alcohol as if the duty were charged on the date of the sale or supply of the alcohol, and
(iii) V is the rate of value added tax chargeable in relation to the alcohol as if the value added tax were charged on the date of the sale or supply of the alcohol;
(c) “relevant person” means, in relation to premises in respect of which there is in force a premises licence-
(i) the holder of the premises licence,
(ii) the designated premises supervisor (if any) in respect of such a licence, or
(iii) the personal licence holder who makes or authorises a supply of alcohol under such a licence;
(d) “relevant person” means, in relation to premises in respect of which there is in force a club premises certificate, any member or officer of the club present on the premises in a capacity which enables the member or officer to prevent the supply in question; and
(e) “value added tax” means value added tax charged in accordance with the Value Added Tax Act 1994.
3. Where the permitted price given by Paragraph (b) of paragraph 2 would (apart from this paragraph) not be a whole number of pennies, the price given by that sub-paragraph shall be taken to be the price actually given by that sub-paragraph rounded up to the nearest penny.
4. (1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies where the permitted price given by Paragraph (b) of paragraph2 on a day (“the first day”) would be different from the permitted price on the next day (“the second day”) as a result of a change to the rate of duty or value added tax.
(2) The permitted price which would apply on the first day applies to sales or supplies of alcohol which take place before the expiry of the period of 14 days beginning on the second day.
Licensing objectives
General
1/ Staff Training Any staff employed at the premises will receive training by the Designated Premises Supervisor on first appointment and at least every six months thereafter. Training will include input on preventing underage sales, sales of alcohol to people who are drunk, application of the drugs policy and any other relevant matters. A written record will be kept of all training carried out. This record must be kept on the premises and made available for inspection by any responsible authority.
2/ List of Authorised Persons
The Designated Premises Supervisor will maintain a written record of all members of staff who are authorised to sell alcohol.
The record will contain a photograph of the relevant members of staff to be kept on the premises within the Due Diligence Folder and be made available to a representative of any responsible authority on request
3/ Compliance with the premises Licence conditions
The premises will operate with a ‘Due Diligence’ Folder The folder will be retained behind the bar area and be made available at all times for inspection.
The Due Diligence Folder will contain the following documentation
• Licensing health Check
• 3 monthly checklist
• The 4 Licensing objectives (explained)
• DPS Contact details
• DPS Authorisation to sell alcohol
• Age Verification policy (challenge 25)
• Drugs policy
• Incident log paginated
• CCTV equipment weekly check report
• Refusals register
• Staff training portfolios.
The premises will undertake a quarterly Due Diligence Check. Each check will be recorded in the Due Diligence Folder and certify compliance of the premises licence conditions or record non compliance and action taken to remedy non compliance.
The prevention of crime and disorder
4/ CCTV
A tamper-proof digital colour CCTV system will be installed and maintained at the premises to the satisfaction of The Police.
The system will run and record continuously for 24 hours a day, 7 days per week and recorded footage will be stored for a minimum of 28 days.
Recorded footage will be provided to a representative of any responsible authority on request. Such footage will be provided in an immediately viewable format and will include any software etc. which is required to view the footage. Any discs, portable drives or other storage media onto which footage is transferred will be provided by the premises and sufficient stock of such storage media will be kept on the premises at all times.
A member of staff who is trained to operate the system and supply footage will be present at the premises at all times when licensable activities are taking place.
The Designated Premises Supervisor will ensure that the CCTV system is checked at least once every week by a suitably trained member of staff. This check will include the operation of the cameras, the recording facilities, the facilities for providing footage and the accuracy of the time & date. A written record of these checks will be kept, including a signature of the person carrying out the check. This written record will be kept on the premises at all times and made available to a representative of any responsible authority on request.
Suitable signage informing customers that a CCTV system is in operation will be placed in prominent positions within the premises, including information on the Data Protection Act and the Human Rights act.
5/ Incident Book
An incident book (with the pages numbered sequentially) will be kept on the premises and in the companies delivery vehicles and be made available for inspection by responsible authorities. The incident books will be used to record the following:
(i) Any incident of violence or disorder on or immediately outside the premises
(ii) Any incident involving controlled drugs (supply/possession/influence) on the premises
(iii) Any other crime or criminal activity on the premises
(iv) Any refusal to serve alcohol to persons who are drunk (On sale and off sale premises only)
(v) Any refusal to serve alcohol to under 18’s or anyone who appears to be under 18
(vi) Any call for police assistance to the premises
(vii) Any ejection from the premises
(viii) Any first aid/other care given to a customer
6/ Drug Policy
The management of the premises will introduce a strict “zero tolerance” policy in respect of the use and/or supply of illegal drugs at the point of delivery and on the premises. Suitable signage will be placed in prominent areas within the premises.
Public safety
7/ Interior Layout.
The interior of the premises will be set out to ensure public safety.
8/ CCTV
There will be a CCTV system installed to the standard requested by the police. (please see entry on CCTV Crime and disorder.
9/ Maintenance of premises
The premises interior will be maintained to a standard acceptable to the Licensing authority
The prevention of public nuisance
10/ Notices to Customers
Notices requesting customers to leave quietly will be displayed in a prominent position next to each entrance/exit. The Designated Premises Supervisor will ensure that customers are encouraged to keep noise to a minimum when leaving the premise.
The protection of children from harm
11/ Challenge 25
The premises will operate a robust Challenge 25 scheme, in relation to age verification for alcohol sales.
Those who appear to staff to be under 25 will be asked for photo identification to prove they are 18.
The only acceptable form of evidence will be: original passport, photo driving licence, the government PASS Card with hologram, a military identity card with photo.
Staff will receive training on this scheme on induction and refresher training 6monthly.
A refusals register will be kept on the premises and will be used by all staff to record all refusals to sell alcohol for any reason. The details to be recorded are as follows:
Time, day date of refusal
Item refused
Description of customer
Initials of staff making the entry
Details of ID offered.
The refusals book will be made available for inspection by police and other authorised officers.
The premises will display a proxy notice in a prominent position explaining that it is an offence for adults to purchase alcohol and then supply it to persons under 18.