ANNEXE 1 - MANDATORY CONDITIONS
Supply of Alcohol
No supply of alcohol may be made under the premises licence:
() at a time when there is no designated premises supervisor in respect of the premises licence, or
() at a time when the designated premises supervisor does not hold a personal licence or his personal licence is suspended.
Every supply of alcohol under the premises licence must be made or authorised by a person who holds a personal licence.
Drinks Promotions
(1) The responsible person must 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 -
(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 in a manner which carries a significant risk of undermining a licensing objective;
(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 in a manner which carries a significant risk of undermining a licensing objective;
(d) 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;
(e) dispensing alcohol directly by one person into the mouth of another (other than where that other person is unable to drink without assistance by reason of disability).
Water
The responsible person must ensure that free potable water is provided on request to customers where it is reasonably available.
Age Verification
(1) The premises licence holder or club premises certificate holder must ensure that an age verification policy is adopted in respect of the premises in relation to the sale or supply of alcohol.
(2) The designated premises supervisor in relation to the premises licence must ensure that the supply of alcohol at the premises is carried on in accordance with the age verification policy.
(3) 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 either -
(a) a holographic mark, or
(b) an ultraviolet feature.
Measures
The responsible person must 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;
(b) these measures are displayed in a menu, price list or other printed material which is available to customers on the premises; and
(c) where a customer does not in relation to a sale of alcohol specify the quantity of alcohol to be sold, the customer is made aware that these measures are available.
Permitted Price
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;
(b) '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;
(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.
3. Where the permitted price given by Paragraph (b) of paragraph 2 would (apart from this paragraph) not be a whole number of pennies, the price given by that sub-paragraph shall be taken to be the price actually given by that sub-paragraph rounded up to the nearest penny.
4. (1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies where the permitted price given by Paragraph (b) of paragraph 2 on a day ('the first day') would be different from the permitted price on the next day ('the second day') as a result of a change to the rate of duty or value added tax.
(2) The permitted price which would apply on the first day applies to sales or supplies of alcohol which take place before the expiry of the period of 14 days beginning on the second day.
Door Supervision
All persons employed at the premises to carry out a security activity must be authorised to carry out that activity by a licence granted under the Private Security Industry Act 2001 or entitled to carry out that activity by virtue of section 4 of that Act.
ANNEXE 2 - CONDITIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE OPERATING SCHEDULE
THE PREVENTION OF CRIME & DISORDER
1) An effective CCTV system shall be designed and installed in accordance with the Cheshire Constabulary's CCTV guidance document "CCTV in Licensed Premises - An Operational Requirement". It shall also include a colour monitor not less that 21" screen size clearly visible to customers showing them as they enter.
Designated Supervisors shall need to demonstrated that their CCTV system complies with their operational requirements. A commissioning test shall be carried out with the Licensing and CCTV Liaison Officers before hand over of the system and activation of the Premises Licence. The commissioning test shall need to demonstrate the following:
recordings are fit for their intended purpose
good quality images are presented to the officer in a format that can be replayed on a standard computer
the supervisor has an understanding of the equipment/training
management records are kept
maintenance agreements and records are maintained
Data Protection principles and signage are in place
there are enough staff trained to be able to operate the system and download images when required by a relevant person.
2) Table meals, shall be provided until 22:00, after which light snacks shall be available until at least 1 hour prior to the premises closing. Light snacks do not have to be available when the premises have been hired for private functions.
3) The Premises Licence holder or their representative shall participate in the town centre radio scheme.
4) Where any Door Supervisors are used at the premises they shall be registered with the Security Industry Authority.
5) Where any person is employed on or about the Premises as a Door Supervisor the Premises Licence Holder shall maintain a register in a form approved by the Licensing Authority showing in respect of each period of duty of that person:-
the name, date of birth, badge or licence number and residential address of that person;
the time at which he commenced the period of duty, with a signed acknowledgement by that person;
the time at which he finished the period of duty, with a signed acknowledgement by that person;
any time during the period of duty when he was not on duty; and
if that person is not an employee of the Premises Licence Holder, the name of the person by whom that person is employed, or through whom the services of that person were engaged.
6) The register shall be of hardback construction with consecutive numbered pages.
7) The register shall be kept on the Premises at all times and shall be available for inspection by an authorised officer of the Licensing Authority or a Police Officer.
8) Doors supervisor records may be kept as a paper record (as under the existing conditions) or as an electronic record provided that the standard of security and access remains the same or better. Such records (paper or electronic) shall be kept for a minimum of 2 years.
9) The Premises Licence Holder shall keep a log of all incidents that occur on the Premises.
10) Non Alcoholic beverages should be available at all times when the premises are open.
11) The Premises Licence holder shall put in place a dispersal policy which shall be to the satisfaction of Cheshire Constabulary. The Premises Licence holder or Designated Premises Supervisor shall then ensure that this policy is complied with at all times when the premises are open for licensable activities.
12) The designated premises supervisor or premise licence holder shall ensure, in relation to pint or half pint glasses only, that no drinks shall be sold from a bar or by staff service or otherwise which are to be consumed on the premises, other than in a container made from non-splintering plastic or shatterproof glass.
13) Seating shall be provided for a minimum of 60% of the maximum agreed capacity (100 seats)
THE PREVENTION OF PUBLIC NUISANCE
14) All doors and windows must be kept closed (except to allow ingress and exit) when any amplified or unamplified music or voices are being played within the premises.
15) The Premises Licence Holder or their representative shall conduct regular assessments of the noise coming from the premises and shall take steps to reduce the level of noise where it is likely to cause disturbance to local residents. A written record of those assessments and the remedial action taken shall be kept and will include the date, time of the checks and the name of the person carrying out the checks. Details of the remedial action will also be recorded.
16) The premises shall be fitted with a noise-limiting device. The activation level of this device must be set and sealed by an officer of the Local Authority before commencement of any live or recorded music within the premises. when live or recorded music is played within the premises, the noise-limiting device must be used at all times.
17) There shall be placed at all exits of the premises in a place where they can be seen and easily read by the public [or members and their guests] notices requiring customers to leave the premises quickly and quietly. This condition also extends to car parks where car radios and members of the public may cause disturbance to local residents.
18) No external speakers shall be used outside the building.
19) There shall be no use of the outside area.
20) Refuse, including bottles shall not be removed from the building for disposal between the hours of 23.00 and 07.00.
21) The Premise Licence holder or other nominated persons shall keep the area directly outside the premises in a clean and tidy manner.
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN FROM HARM
22) There shall be in place for the premises a written policy that employees challenge all persons purchasing alcohol who appear to be under 21 years of age. That policy shall require any person who appears to be under the age of 21 years to produce a recognised proof of age card accredited under the Proof of Age Standards Scheme (PASS) or if a proof of age card is not available a photo driving licence, passport or accredited student card.
23) Persons who appear to be under the age of 21 years shall be required to produce proof of age by way of a recognised proof of age card accredited under the Proof of Age Standards Scheme (PASS) or if a proof of age card is not available a photo driving licence, passport or accredited student card.
24) All refusals of alcohol to persons under 18 years of age shall be entered into a log book by management and staff.
25) All children under the age of 16 shall be accompanied by a responsible adult at all times while on the premises.
26) A children’s policy shall be in place on the premises.
ANNEXE 3 - CONDITIONS ATTACHED AFTER A HEARING BY THE LICENSING AUTHORITY
None.
ANNEXE 4 - PLAN OF THE PREMISES
The plan of the premises forms part of the licence.
Drawing number 0557/001 dated 9th June 2005.
ANNEXE 5 - DATE LICENCE FIRST GRANTED
24th February 2006.