ANNEX 1 - MANDATORY CONDITIONS
The following conditions in Annex 1 are mandatory under the provisions of the Licensing Act 2003:
.1 No supply of alcohol may be made under the premises licence:
(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.
1.2 Every sale or supply of alcohol under the premises licence must be made or authorised by a person who holds a personal licence.
1.3 (a) 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.
(b) 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.
(c) 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 -
(i) a holographic mark, or
(ii) an ultraviolet feature.
1.4 The relevant person (“relevant person” means the holder of the premises licence, the designated premises supervisor (if any) in respect of such a licence, the personal licence holder who makes or authorises a supply of alcohol under such a licence, or any member or officer of a club present on the premises in a capacity which enables the member or officer to prevent the supply in question) 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.
For the purposes of this condition “duty” is to be construed in accordance with the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979, “permitted price” is the price found by applying the formula -
P = D + (D x V)
Where - (i) P is the permitted price; (ii) D is the rate 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; [“value added tax” means value added tax charged in accordance with the Value Added Tax Act 1994]
Where the permitted price would not be a whole number of pennies, the permitted price shall be taken to be the price rounded up to the nearest penny.
Where the permitted price 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.
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.
1.5 The responsible person must ensure that free potable water is provided on request to customers where it is reasonably available.
1.6 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: 1/2 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.
1.7 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.
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).
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. These will include, where required, existing expressed conditions and embedded restrictions contained within existing authorisations and enactments as specified by the Secretary of State, in accordance with Schedule 8 of the Licensing Act 2003:
2.1 A CCTV system shall be installed and maintained on the licensed premises, with a minimum of two cameras covering the licensed premises. Recordings shall be retained for a minimum period of 31 days. Recordings shall be made available to an authorised officer of the Police or Licensing Authority upon request, and a member of staff competent at downloading/accessing images shall be on duty at the premises whilst it is open to the public. Notices specifying CCTV surveillance is operating shall be displayed prominently at the premises. It should be noted that any retention, use or disclosure of personal information caught on CCTV must be carried out in line with the data protection principles which shall override any conflicting element of this condition.
2.2 Patrons shall not be permitted to leave the premises with opened bottles or glassware. The premises licence holder shall ensure that customers are not permitted to consume alcoholic drinks outside the premises - which includes whilst they are observing smokefree regulations. The premises licence holder shall ensure that suitable and satisfactory public safety risk assessments are undertaken with outcomes to be legibly recorded in a log-book maintained for that purpose.
2.3 No illegal drugs shall be permitted on the premises, and all hirers/users made aware of a zero tolerance to drugs on the premises. Notices shall be prominently displayed and maintained in respect of this matter.
2.4 The premises licence holder shall ensure that all members of staff shall undertake suitable and sufficient training in respect of licensing law, offences in relation to prohibited sales and good practice in relation to promotion of the licensing objectives. Training records shall be accurately and legibly maintained and produced upon demand to an authorised officer of the Police or Licensing Authority. Refresher training shall be undertaken at least once every 12 months, with any new member of staff to be trained within six weeks of taking their position and prior to undertaking any direct duties in relation to the sale or supply of alcohol.
2.5 Lighting and emergency lighting shall be installed and maintained so as to ensure that good levels of visibility are maintained whilst the premises are being used for licensable activities and the public are on the premises. External lighting should be of such specification and positioning so as to meet this objective without causing any public nuisance by light pollution.
2.6 The premises licence holder shall take all reasonable steps and precautions to minimise the risk of disturbance or nuisance to local residents caused by events or attendees at the licensed premises (whether through people noise, entertainment noise, vehicular noise, waste disposal, event set-up or breakdown, littering or noxious odour).
2.7 Monitoring shall take place both inside and outside of the licensed premises and due regard shall be had to whether the activities may lead to excessive noise at neighbouring properties. Appropriate remedial steps shall be taken, and recorded, in the event of any excessive noise levels being experienced.
2.8 Staff on duty shall monitor the activity of patrons leaving the premises and assist with a managed departure. Persons leaving shall be reminded to act in a responsible manner and leave the immediate area with consideration to the needs of the local community.
2.9 Waste from the licensed premises shall be removed in a timely manner (outside of the hours between 11pm and 7am) to an appropriate waste disposal facility, so as to minimise the risk of public nuisance.
2.10 During operating hours, the premises licence holder or a nominated representative shall be available to receive and respond to nuisance-related complaints. A contact telephone number shall be provided to the Licensing Authority for that purpose.
2.11 Adequate arrangements shall be in place to ensure the safe evacuation of any disabled persons on the premises. This is written into the staff training procedures for fire safety training for staff.
2.12 Children shall only be permitted on the licensed premises during licensed activities or events where accompanied and/or under the supervision of an adult.
2.13 All events held at the licensed premises involving music in the ‘performance circle’ area, shall be limited to acoustic music only (non-amplified) and shall be restricted to the hours of 09:00hrs to 22:00hrs, which shall consist of a maximum duration of 2 hours on these occasions (The event can be broken down to particular time slots however they must not exceed the maximum duration).
2.14 Before the first wedding/celebration hiring involving amplified live/recorded music (including events taking place in a marquee), the premises licence holder shall create a suitable and sufficient Noise Management Plan (NMP) which is submitted and agreed with Babergh District Council’s Environmental Protection Team (EPT) at least 21 days before the first event is scheduled to take place. Where appropriate the NMP shall be incorporated with, or appended to, an Event Management Plan (EMP) and risk assessments for the relevant event. The final agreed NMP shall be submitted to the Licensing Authority no later than 7 days prior to the first day of the first event taking place. Thereafter this document shall be retained and adhered to and reviewed on an annual basis or sooner as appropriate to take account of any changes in the premises, where any changes are required, these shall be approved by the Council’s EPT at least 21 days prior to the first day of the next event taking place and the agreed amendments lodged with the Licensing Authority no later than 7 days prior to the first day of the next event taking place.
2.15 All events held at the licensed premises involving music in the ‘performance circle’ area, shall be limited to acoustic music only (non-amplified) - with the specific exception of a single singer and keyboard to be amplified at ambient level - and shall be restricted to the hours of 09:00hrs to 22:00hrs, which shall consist of a maximum duration of 2 hours on these occasions (The event can be broken down to particular time slots however they must not exceed the maximum duration).
2.16 There shall be no adult entertainment or services, activities, other entertainment or matters ancillary to the use of the premises that may give rise to concern in respect of children.
2.17 The premises licence holder shall adopt a ‘Challenge 25’ proof of age scheme. The premises licence holder shall operate a requirement for the production of a passport, driving licence or other bona fide form of identity carrying a photographic image, where the individual requesting the supply of alcohol appears to be under the age of 25.