LICENSING ACT 2003
MANDATORY CONDITIONS
19 Mandatory conditions where licence authorises supply of alcohol
(1) Where a premise licence authorises the supply of alcohol, the licence must include the following conditions.
(2) The first condition is that no supply of alcohol may be made under the premises licence -
(a) at a time when there is no designated premises supervisor in respect of the premises licence, or
(b) at a time when the designated premises supervisor does not hold a personal licence or his personal licence is suspended.
(3) The second condition is that every supply of alcohol under the premises licence must be made or authorised by a person who holds a personal licence.
ADDITIONAL MANDATORY CONDITIONS
1. (1) 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.
(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 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.
2. 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).
3. The responsible person shall ensure that free tap water is provided on request to customers where it is reasonably available.
4. (1) 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.
(2) 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.
5. 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
General
Ensure that all staff understand the licensing objectives and adhere to them to guarantee the safe consumption of alcohol.
The Prevention of Crime and Disorder
Alcohol only to be consumed on the premises.
The amount of alcohol served is to be observed by staff. Staff informed to cease serving.
Digital CCTV will be provided in the form of a recordable system, capable of providing pictures of evidential quality in all lighting conditions. Cameras shall encompass all ingress and egress o the premises, fire exits 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 period of 28 days and handed to police on demand.
The Premise Licence Holder must ensure at all times a DPS or appointed member of staff is capable and competent at downloading CCTV footage in a recordable format i.e. disc to the police/local authority on demand.
The recording equipment and tape/discs shall be kept in a secure environment under the control of the DPS or other responsible named individual. Regular checks that the system is working correctly shall be made by the DPS or the responsible person in charge of the premises. A log of these checks will be made detailing time and date checks are made.
The CCTV system must be of a standard as detailed by the Greater Manchester Police Crime reduction advisor. This system must be approved by a crime reduction advisor to be of a suitable standard. A written record will be made of this i.e. time/date/by whom.
The PLH or DPS will ensure all staff employed at the venue are aware of the law and their responsibilities under the Licensing Act. All staff must receive training within 3 months of employment. Refresher training must be given every 12 months.
The venue will maintain a written record of this training, detailing what date completed, when refresher is due, date the refresher completed and what type of training has been provided. All staff receiving training will sign a document to say the above has been provided and completed. This record will be made available to the police/council on request.
A strict Challenge 25 policy will be introduced for any person entering the premises. In addition to the above, regular checks will be made by staff of customers inside the venue to check valid ID and age of customers.
Public Safety
Ensure that all fire safety regulations are adhered to.
Exits are unblocked and easily identified.
The Prevention of Public Nuisance
Keep music at a level that will not be heard from outside the premises.
The Protection of Children from Harm
No serving of alcohol to under 18's.