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.
The following conditions came into force on 28th May 2014
1. A relevant person 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.
2. For the purposes of the condition set out in paragraph 1-
(a) “duty” is to be construed in accordance with the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979(a);
(b) “permitted price” is the price found by applying the formula-
P = D + (D×V)
where-
(i) P is the permitted price,
(ii) D is the amount 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;
(c) “relevant person” means, in relation to premises in respect of which there is in force a premises licence-
(i) the holder of the premises licence,
(ii) the designated premises supervisor (if any) in respect of such a licence, or
(iii) the personal licence holder who makes or authorises a supply of alcohol under such a licence;
(d) “relevant person” means, in relation to premises in respect of which there is in force a club premises certificate, any member or officer of the club present on the premises in a capacity which enables the member or officer to prevent the supply in question; and
(e) “value added tax” means value added tax charged in accordance with the Value Added Tax Act 1994(b).
Annex 2 - Conditions consistent with the Operating Schedule
General - all four licensing objectives
We have a full working CCTV system for the prevention of crime and disorder and public safety.
We have correct signage for all fire exits, smoking area and fire points.
There will be a Challenge 25 programme in use.
Children will be allowed on the premises with a responsible adult until 8 pm.
The management and staff will adhere to all conditions in place.
The Prevention of Crime and Disorder
A tamper-proof digital colour CCTV system must be installed and maintained at the premises to the satisfaction of Greater Manchester Police.
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 31 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 as identified by Greater Manchester Police.
Recorded footage must be provided to a representative of any responsible authority on request. Such footage must be provided in a 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 available to produce this footage on the request of the police or other responsible body.
The Designated Premises Supervisor 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 body 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.
A risk assessment will be carried out by the person in charge as to whether door supervisors should be employed for functions, pre-booked events, football matches etc. A record of this process shall be made and retained for inspection by the Police or other authorised person.
Staff Training
The PLH or DPS will ensure all staff employed at the venue are aware of the law and their responsibilities under the licensing act, staff must undertake training in Licensing Law, such as the BIIAB Award in Responsible Alcohol Training or any other recognised training courses. All new staff must receive this 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 refresher completed. What type of training provided. All staff receiving this training will sign this document to say the above has been provided and completed. This record will be made available to the Police/Council on request.
Risk Assess need for SIA doorstaff
The premises will risk assess the need for SIA doorstaff to be present at the premises when functions/football matches are being held. A written record of this will be held at the premises detailing the time and date of the function and the reason as to why doorstaff were either needed or not. This will be available for inspection on the request of the Police or other responsible authority. When required SIA registered doorstaff must be used. Doorstaff will stay on duty till the premises are closed.
All door staff to wear hi-visibility jackets and display their SIA badge in an arm band. This arm band will be worn on the sleeve of their coat/jacket, so that it is visible to members of the public, police officers and licensing officers.
A written record of the door supervisors working on any evening must be kept. The minimum amount of information that must be recorded is 'date', 'full name', 'time shift started', ‘time shift finished’, ‘SIA badge number’, ‘signature’. Upon request this record must be given to Greater Manchester Police and/or and authorised officer of the Council.
Plastic Polycarbonate glasses
The premises will risk assess whether plastic/polycarbonate glasses should be used when functions/football matches are being held. A written record of this will be held at the 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.
Challenge 25
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 and doorstaff when used, of customers inside the venue to check valid ID and age of customers.
Public Safety
All fire exits will be clearly marked and visible with emergency lighting and a risk assessment will be kept on the premises at all times.
The meeting point will be at the rear of the pub on the car park.
There will also be signage/posters to warn that drug supply/useage will not be tolerated and that anyone found will be evicted from the premises and details reported to the police. That individual will be permanently excluded from the premises
The premises should operate at a maximum capacity of 200
There shall be maintained on the premises at all times an adequate and appropriate supply of first aid equipment and materials.
The Prevention of Public Nuisance
We will make sure that customers leave the pub in a quiet and orderly fashion by having a free phone taxi service.
Smoking will only be permitted in the smoking area at the rear of the building
Anyone who is caught being a nuisance will be barred from the premises and reported to the police
When live music is played inside or outside, regular noise assessment checks will be made outside the premises to determine appropriate levels of sound so as not to cause a nuisance to surrounding properties. A record of these assessments will made detailing what has been done and by whom and at what times. This record will be available for inspection by the police or any other authorised person.
The Protection of Children from Harm
Children under the age of 16 will have to leave the premises by 8pm.
No adult will be served alcohol if they seem unfit to care for a minor and removed from the premises.
There will be an incident book kept behind the bar at all times, which will be available for inspection on request by the Police or any other authorised person.
All 17 year olds will be accompanied by a responsible adult and will be off the premises by 2300 hours.