Warrington Borough CouncilLicensing Section

B & M Stores

Cockhedge Retail Park, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 2QQ

Completed application 037689 which is a Internal Amendment (With Alcohol) for Premises Licence from 25/10/2013 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• the supply of alcohol

Additional Conditions

• ANNEX 1 - MANDATORY CONDITIONS

   

  MANDATORY CONDITIONS UNDER THE LICENSING ACT 2003

   

  1.  No supply of alcohol may be made under the premises licence:

  ()       at a time when here 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.

   

   

  2.  (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.

   

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  ANNEX2 - CONDITIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE OPERATING SCHEDULE

   

  THE PREVENTION OF CRIME AND DISORDER

   

  CCTV shall be provided in the form of a recordable system covering the trading area and cash tills.

   

  The CCTV equipment shall be maintained in good working order correctly time and date stamped. Recordings shall be kept in date order, numbered consequentially and kept for a period of 31 days and copies made available to the police or trading standards officers on request. In order to maintain the security of the CCTV system selected staff shall be trained in the use of the equipment to ensure that any request for copy images will be completed on request if trained staff are on duty or within 24 hours if not. The recording equipment and discs/tapes shall be kept in a secure environment under the control of the DPS or other nominated responsible individual.

   

  Appropriate signage representative of the above shall be displayed in conspicuous positions.

   

  B & M shall maintain liaison with the neighbourhood police officers regarding any issues relating to the premises.

   

  The area for display of 'alcohol for sale' shall be no more than 10% of the trading area.

   

  All staff shall be trained in 'Security Awareness' as part of their induction training;

  Staff shall be instructed that alcohol may not be sold to any person who is believed to be drunk;

  Notices shall be displayed inside the premises stating that it is an offence for any person under 18;

  Notices shall be displayed inside the premises stating that a 'Challenge 25' policy is in force.

   

  THE PREVENTION OF PUBLIC NUISANCE

   

  The car park area and area immediately in front of the store shall be inspected on a regular basis and management and staff shall to prevent B & M customers loitering in the said areas.

   

  THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN FROM HARM

   

  Staff shall be trained on induction and undergo 3 monthly refresher training (in the form of a short written test) in respect of the sale of all age restricted goods (including awareness/prevention of proxy sales, signs and symptoms of intoxication, dealing with refusal of sales and any subsequent confrontational behaviour from customers). Such training sessions shall be documented and records made available to authorised persons from Responsible Authorities and kept on site for a minimum of 2 years.

   

  A 'Challenge 25' scheme shall be operated at the premises. The only form of valid identification being passport, photo driving licence, PASS hologram I D card or H M Forces Warrant Card. Failure to supply such ID shall result in no sale of alcohol to that person.

   

  The cash tills used for the sale of alcohol shall have an electronic 'prompt' for operators in respect of age restricted sales.

   

  A refusals book shall be compiled and maintained, which shall be checked and signed by DPS or Duty Manager on a weekly basis. The book shall contain records of instances of persons who have been refused the sale of age restricted items on the basis of their perceived age. Such records shall be made available to authorised persons from Responsible authorities.

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  ANNEX 3 - CONDITIONS ATTACHED AFTER A HEARING BY THE LICENSING AUTHORITY

   

  N/A