Mid- Suffolk Leisure Centre

Gainsborough Road, STOWMARKET, Suffolk, IP14 1LH

Completed application 015470 which is a Suspension after Non-Payment of Annual Fee/Levy for Premises Licence from 24/11/2005 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• an indoor sporting event
• a performance of live music
• any playing of recorded music
• a performance of dance
• entertainment of a similar description to that falling within a performance of live music, any playing of recorded music or a performance of dance
• the supply of alcohol
• a boxing or wrestling entertainment

Additional Conditions

• 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.

   

  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:

   

  The prevention of crime and disorder

  Part of Stow Link

  CCTV now being installed on the outside of building

   

  Public safety

  A public building with qualified first aiders on duty at all times

  Fire certificate

  CCTV

  Annual Risk Assessments

   

  The prevention of public nuisance

  Stow Link

  CCTV

   

  The protection of children from harm

  Midsuffolk D.C. child protection policy. Every member of staff attends course.

  All staff working with children must be subject to disclosure