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 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.
10. The relevant person (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]
ANNEX 2 - CONDITIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE OPERATING SCHEDULE
2.1 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.
2.2 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.
2.3 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.
2.4 All ON sales must be made in conjunction with a pre-arranged tour, or event such as an open day, tasting event or similar. With the exception of events with 6 or less persons in attendance, all such events must be pre-booked at least 14 days in advance and a clear, legible log of such events (to include date booking made, details of person making booking, date and nature of event and anticipated number of attendees) must be kept at the premises and made available to the Police or Licensing Authority on request.
2.5 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 smoke free regulations.
2.6 No illegal drugs shall be permitted on the premises, and all hirers/users made aware of a zero tolerance to drugs on the premises.
2.7 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.
2.8 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).
2.9 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.
2.10 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.
2.11 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.
2.12 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.
2.13 Children shall only be permitted on the licensed premises during licensed activities or events where accompanied and/or under the supervision of an adult.
ANNEX 3 - CONDITIONS ATTACHED AFTER A HEARING BY THE LICENSING AUTHORITY
Not applicable.