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 license -
(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
List of Authorised Persons
The Designated Premises Supervisor must maintain a written record of all members of staff who are authorised to sell alcohol. This record must include a photograph of the relevant members of staff to be kept on the premises at all times and be made available to a representative of any responsible authority on request.
The Prevention of Crime and Disorder
Staff Training
The Premises Licence Holder or Designated Premises Supervisor will ensure all staff employed at the venue are aware of the law and their responsibilities under the Licensing Act. All new staff must receive this training within 3 months of commencing employment at the premises. Refresher training must be given every 12 months.
A record shall be retained of all such training and shall include details of the date the training was given, the date the refresher training is next due, and the type of training provided. All staff receiving this training will sign the training record to confirm the training has been completed and provided. Such record will be produced for inspection by the Police or other authorised officers of the licensing authority upon request.
CCTV
A tamper-proof digital colour CCTV system must be installed and maintained to a satisfactory standard at the premises.
The system must run and record continuously for 24 hours a day, 7 days per week and recorded footage must be stored for a minimum of 28 days.
The system must provide a clear head and shoulders view to an evidential quality on every entry/exit route and within any other vulnerable areas.
Recorded footage must be provided to a representative of any responsible authority on request. Such footage must be provided in an immediately viewable format and must include any software etc. which is required to view the footage. Any discs, portable drives or other storage media onto which footage is transferred must be provided by the premises and sufficient stock of such storage media must be kept on the premises at all times.
A member of staff who is trained to operate the system and supply footage must be present at the premises at all times when licensable activities are taking place.
A responsible person must ensure that the CCTV system is checked at least once every week by a suitably trained member of staff. This check must include the operation of the cameras, the recording facilities, the facilities for providing footage and the accuracy of the time & date. A written record of these checks must be kept, including a signature of the person carrying out the check. This written record must be kept on the premises at all times and made available to a representative of any responsible authority on request.
Suitable signage informing customers that a CCTV system is in operation must be placed in prominent positions within the premises, including information on the data Protection Act and the Human Rights Act.
Incident Book
An incident book (with the pages numbered sequentially) must be kept on the premises and be made available for inspection by responsible authorities. The incident book must be used to record the following:
(i) Any incident of violence or disorder on or immediately outside the premises
(ii) Any incident involving controlled drugs (supply/possession/influence) on the premises
(iii) Any other crime or criminal activity on the premises
(iv) Any refusal to serve alcohol to persons who are drunk (On sale and off sale premises only)
(v) Any refusal to serve alcohol to under 18’s or anyone who appears to be under 18
(vi) Any call for police assistance to the premises
(vii) Any ejection from the premises
(viii) Any first aid/other care given to a customer
Plastic Polycarbonate Glasses
The premises will risk assess whether plastic/polycarbonate glasses should be used when functions/events are being held inside the premises. A written record of this will be held at eh premises detailing the time and date of the function and the reason as to why plastic/polycarbonate glasses were either used or not.
This will be available for inspection on the request of the Police or other responsible authority.
Public Safety
Fire and risk assessments to be undertaken with monthly checks and these are to be recorded.
The Protection of Public Nuisance
No Drinks Outside
The Premises Licence Holder/Designated Premises Supervisor must ensure that no drinks are consumed outside the premises nor glasses removed from the premises by patrons when leaving.
Doors & Windows
To prevent noise nuisance, all windows and doors at the premise must be kept closed at any time when regulated entertainment, live music (amplified or unamplified), recorded music or any other type of entertainment (amplified or unamplified) is being performed at the premise, except to allow people to enter or exit.
No music to be played via external speakers.
Entertainment to be Inaudible
Noise generated by regulated entertainment, live music (amplified or unamplified), recorded music or any other type of entertainment (amplified or unamplified) must be inaudible at the nearest noise sensitive location.
Notices to Customers
Notices requesting customers to leave quietly must be displayed in a prominent position next to each entrance/exit. The Designated Premises Supervisor must ensure that customers are encouraged to keep noise to a minimum when leaving the premise.
The Protection of Children from Harm
Challenge 25
A documented Challenge 25 scheme will be operated at the premises. The Challenge 25 scheme shall be actively promoted and advertised at the premises and will ensure that any person purchasing alcohol, who appears to be under 25 years of age, shall be asked to provide acceptable identification to prove that they are 18 years of age or over. Failure to supply such identification will result in no sale or supply of alcohol to that person.
The Proof of Age Standards Scheme (PASS) will be actively promoted at the premises by the display of Challenge 25 posters bearing the PASS logo.
A PASS accredited holographic proof of age card will be the main identification document accepted at the premises as proof of age. A PASS card must be accepted as proof of age if a purchaser possesses one. When a purchaser does not possess a PASS accredited proof of age card, only the following forms of alternative identification will be acceptable: -
(a) Photo driving licence
(b) Passport or
(c) Her Majesty's Forces Warrant Card
Refusals Book
A refusals book must be kept at the premises and must be used to record all refusals to sell alcohol for any reason. Where other age restricted products are sold at the premise, any refusals to sell such items to underage persons or persons who appear underage must be recorded. The details to be recorded must be as follows:
(i) Time, day & date of refusal
(ii) Item refused
The Protection of Children from Harm
The premises will have an Age Verification Policy and will operate and promote the Challenge 25 proof of age scheme. The only acceptable identification that will be accepted is a passport, photo driving licence, personal licence or PASS accredited proof of age card. Staff training will include the Challenge 25 policy and its operation. In particular staff shall be trained to take such action as is necessary to prevent the sale of alcohol to persons over the age of 18 where those customers are engaged in the distribution of alcohol to persons under the age of 18.