ANNEX 1 - MANDATORY CONDITIONS:
The following conditions in Annex 1 are mandatory under the provisions of the Licensing Act 2003:
1. Alcohol shall not be sold or supplied:
(a) At any time when there is no designated premises supervisor in respect of the
premises licence, or
(b) At any time when the designated premises supervisor does not hold a personal licence or his/her personal licence is suspended
2. Every sale or supply of alcohol under the premises licence must be made or authorised by a person who holds a personal licence.
3. The admission of children to the exhibition of any film shall be restricted in accordance with the film classification awarded by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), or any successor person or persons designated as the authority under section 4 of the Video Recordings Act 1984.
4. Where one or more individuals are being used at the licensed premises to carry out a security activity, each such individual must be licensed by the Security Industry Authority.
5. The responsible person shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that staff on relevant premises do not carry out, arrange or participate in any irresponsible promotions in relation to the premises.
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 in a manner which carries a significant risk of leading or contributing to crime and disorder, prejudice to public safety, public nuisance, or harm to children -
(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 (other than
any promotion or discount available to an individual in respect of alcohol for
consumption at a table meal, as defined in section 159 of the Act);
(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;
(d) provision of free or discounted alcohol in relation to the viewing on the premises of a
sporting event, where that provision is dependent on -
(i) the outcome of a race, competition or other event or process, or
(ii) the likelihood of anything occurring or not occurring;
(e) 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.
6. The responsible person shall ensure that no alcohol is dispensed directly by one person into the mouth of another (other than where that other person is unable to drink without assistance by reason of a disability).
7. The responsible person shall ensure that free tap water is provided on request to customers where it is reasonably available.
8. (a) The premises licence holder or club premises certificate holder shall ensure that an age verification policy applies to the premises in relation to the sale or supply of alcohol.
(b) 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 a holographic mark.
9. The responsible person shall 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; and
(b) customers are made aware of the availability of these measures.
ANNEX 2 - CONDITIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE OPERATING SCHEDULE:
The following conditions in Annex 2 are conditions consistent with the operating schedule submitted by the applicant within the application:
1. CCTV shall be provided in the form of a recordable system, capable of providing pictures of EVIDENTIAL QUALITY in all lighting conditions particularly facial recognition. Cameras shall encompass all ingress and egress to the premises, fire exits, outside areas and all areas where the sale/supply of alcohol occurs. Equipment MUST be maintained in good working order, be correctly time and date stamped, recordings MUST be kept in date order, numbered sequentially and kept for a minimum period of 28 (twenty-eight) days and made available to the Police upon demand. The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that at all times the Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS) or appointed member of staff is capable and competent at downloading CCTV footage into a viewable format on disc or storage device and given to the Police/Local Authority within 36 hours of a request. The recording equipment and discs shall be kept in a secure environment under the control of the DPS or other responsible named individual. An operational daily log report must be maintained endorsed by signature, indicating the system has been checked and is compliant. In the event of any failings, actions taken are to be recorded. In the event of technical failure of the CCTV equipment the Premises Licence Holder/DPS shall report the failure to the Police and Licensing Authority immediately.
2. A Personal Licence Holder shall be on duty on the premises at all times whilst the licensed premises are being used for the sale and supply of alcohol.
3. All bar staff engaged in the sale of alcohol shall be trained in responsible alcohol retailing to the minimum standard of BIIAB Level 1, or equivalent, within three months of commencing employment at the licensed premises. Training records shall be kept on the premises and produced to the Police and authorised officers of the Local Authority upon demand. For the avoidance of doubt this training may be administered in-house in accordance with the relevant criteria.
4. A minimum of 2 (two) SIA registered door supervisors shall be employed at the premises on Fridays. At least 1 (one) of these supervisors shall be female. One shall commence duty by 21:00hrs and the other shall commence duty no later than 23:00hrs, with both to remain on duty until the termination of licensable activities. A minimum of 4 (four) SIA registered door supervisors shall be employed at the premises on Saturdays. At least 1 (one) of these supervisors shall be female. Two shall commence duty by 21:00hrs and the other two shall commence duty no later than 23:00hrs, with all to remain on duty until the termination of licensable activities. On any other day where a specialist music event is arranged to continue past midnight the premises management shall employ a minimum of 2 (two) SIA registered door supervisors. All door supervisors shall be easily identifiable at all times by use of high visibility
clothing / uniform. At all times on days when door supervision is required, a member of staff shall monitor the entrance/exit from the club to the smoking area.
5. A search policy shall be implemented at the licensed premises. A minimum ratio of one (1) in ten (10) customers shall be randomly searched upon entry to the licensed premises. ALL persons suspected of possessing prohibited articles shall be searched upon entry.
6. The Premises Licence Holder shall ensure that by use of either Town Link Radio, the 999 service or other non-emergency number, all instances of ejection of persons from the licensed premises shall be notified to the Police at the time of happening or as soon as possible thereafter. Where an offence has been committed the door supervisors or premises management shall retain the offender for hand over to the Police or else shall take all reasonable steps to identify the offender and pass the identity on to the Police as soon as is reasonably practicable.
7. An incident book shall be kept and maintained on the licensed premises at all times. The book shall detail, in brief, every incident of injury/ejection/refusal/drug misuse/seizure/age challenge. All incident entries shall be timed, dated and signed by the author and produced to Police/authorised officers of the Local Authority upon demand.
8. There shall be no new patrons admitted, or patrons re-admitted, to the licensed premises after 02:00hrs on any occasion save for in exceptional circumstances for reasons relating to personal safety or personal welfare. All persons requesting re-entry to the venue under these circumstances shall be searched by door supervisors. A legible record shall be kept at the premises logging all authorised re-admissions. For the avoidance of doubt, patrons that are observing the smoke-free legislation in the designated smoking-areas for the licensed premises, and whilst they have been under the direct control and supervision of the licence-holder or their staff, may be re-admitted to the licensed premises.
9. Policies relating to age, drugs and dispersal are to be submitted to and approved by the Licensing Authority and Police prior to implementation.
10. Signage, in not less than sized 32 font, shall be displayed prominently and maintained at the point of access, toilet areas and exits in relation to age policy, drug policy and dispersal policy.
11. No person under the age of 18 shall be permitted on the licensed premises at any time whilst it is being used as a nightclub, bar or exclusively or primarily for the sale or supply of alcohol. Persons under the age of 18 shall only be permitted on the licensed premises whilst attending a pre-booked function and accompanied by a responsible person aged 18 or over. For sixth-form or similar pre-booked school functions for 16 to 18 year olds, alcohol shall only be sold or supplied to persons aged 18 or over in an area of the premises which is suitably and sufficiently separated and supervised to ensure that persons under the age of 18 are not able to purchase or consume alcohol. All pre-booked school or sixth-form functions shall apply to the whole of the premises and not just part thereof, so that other functions or licensed activities are not taking place in the venue at the same time.
12. No person under the age of 14 shall be permitted in the bar area of the licensed premises whilst the premises are open for licensed activities unless one of the following applies:
(a) He/she is the child of the holder of the premises licence,
(b) He/she resides in the premises, but is not employed there,
(c) He/she is in the bar solely for the purpose of passing to or from some part of the premises which is not a bar and to or from which there is no other convenient means of access or egress.
13. All individuals, without any exception, subject to a local Pub Watch ban shall be refused entry and excluded from the licensed premises for the entire duration of their ban. All staff shall be alerted to the banned persons by the Pub Watch representative and report to the Police any attempt by such persons to gain access to the licensed premises.
14. It shall be the responsibility of the DPS to ensure that all staff are clearly instructed to not allow customers to remove any drinking vessels from the premises. For the avoidance of doubt, no drinking vessels shall be taken into the smoking area. Empty drinking vessels shall be regularly collected so as to ensure no accumulation in areas to which the public have access, and any activities such as the taking out of refuse, including glass bottles, must NOT be carried out between 23:00hrs and 07:00hrs.
15. All instances of drunkenness, disorder, drug use or violence shall be challenged, and result in the ejection or retention of the individual(s). Under serious circumstances due consideration shall be given to the individual’s permanent exclusion from the premises.
16. The supply of alcohol is authorised for consumption ON the premises ONLY after 23:00hrs Monday to Saturday and 22:30hrs on Sunday.
17. Consumption of alcohol on the licensed premises shall be restricted to the areas as shown in Annex 4 of premises licence BPL0072. For the avoidance of doubt, no alcohol is to be taken outside by customers using the smoking area.
18. The Premises Licence Holder/DPS/Manager shall, each hour, survey noise breakout from the premises whilst regulated entertainment is being provided. Where the noise or vibration level is such that it is likely to cause disturbance to residential properties, he/she shall decrease the volume level accordingly. Where excessive noise is detected, details of the checks, including times and actions taken, are to be logged and kept on the premises for a minimum of 2 (two) years.
19. The volume control of any amplification equipment being used on the licensed premises shall be kept under the direct control of the DPS/Manager, or another responsible individual nominated by the DPS, on all occasions. At the direct request of an authorised officer of the Local Authority or Police, the volume level shall be decreased.
20. All external doors, windows and the internal door of the lobby leading to the smoking area shall be kept closed to reduce noise breakout from the premises, except where practicable for ingress and egress. All such doors shall be fitted with self-closing devices.
21. The Premises Licence Holder shall provide on the licensed premises a secure deposit box to retain any confiscated items, and shall notify the Police of any items requiring safe disposal.
22. Any waste or litter, including smoking related litter, at the perimeter of the licensed premises shall be cleared at least once every 24 hours at the close of business. Adequate smoking related litterbins shall be provided at the front entrance and smoking areas of the premises and these shall be emptied on a daily basis.
23. The licensed premises shall be equipped with suitable and sufficient soundproofing. This shall include ’acoustic lobbies’ on all external doors used by customers. The internal and external doors to these lobbies shall be fitted with self-closing devices.
24. The number of persons on the licensed premises shall be recorded by ticket/admission sale records, clicker or other suitable counting device - the results of which shall be made available to an authorised Officer of the Licensing Authority or Police upon request and shall be retained for a minimum of 60 days.
25. The licensed premises shall be structurally adapted and bona fide used for the purpose of providing for persons resorting to the premises music and dancing and substantial refreshment to which the sale of alcohol is ancillary.
ANNEX 3 - CONDITIONS ATTACHED AFTER A HEARING BY THE LICENSING AUTHORITY:
Attached via hearing 22 August 2012 (variation application 007826) in relation to boxing and wrestling entertainment:
1. All appropriate regulations of the relevant sport’s governing body shall be complied with including, but not limited to:
(a) a qualified medical practitioner being present throughout a sports entertainment involving boxing, wrestling, judo, karate or other sports entertainment of a similar nature;
(b) any ring being constructed by a competent person and/or inspected by a competent authority; and
(c) at any wrestling or other entertainments of a similar nature members of the public shall not occupy any seat within 2.5 metres of the ring.
2. Plastic or polycarbonate drinking vessels shall be used during all boxing and similar entertainment events at the licensed premises, with drinks which are only available in bottles/glassware to be decanted to plastic or polycarbonate vessels. No bottles/glassware shall be left accessible in the vicinity of the boxing or similar entertainment activity.
3. There shall be a minimum of 4 (four) SIA registered door supervisors on duty at the licensed premises for the duration of any boxing or similar entertainment activity.
4. Entry to any boxing or similar entertainment activity shall be by prior ticket arrangement only.