ANNEXE 1 - MANDATORY CONDITIONS
MANDATORY CONDITIONS UNDER THE LICENSING ACT 2003
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.
ANNEXE 2 - CONDITIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE OPERATING SCHEDULE
THE PREVENTION OF CRIME AND DISORDER
The CCTV system should be designed and installed in accordance with Cheshire Constabulary’s CCTV guidance document called 'CCTV in Licensed Premises - an Operational Requirement'.
There shall be sufficient trained staff to download any images at the time if required by a Police Officer or authorised Council officer for the purposes of crime prevention and detection.
There are sufficient CD Roms, or other suitable materials to be available for the purposes of downloading such images.
The DPS (Designated Premises Supervisor) shall need to demonstrate that the CCTV system complies with their operational requirements. A commissioning test must be carried out with the licensing and CCTV liaison officers before hand over of the system. The Commissioning test shall need to demonstrate the following:-
a) Recording are fit for their intended purpose;
b) Good quality images are presented to the officer in a format that can be replayed on a standard computer;
c) The supervisor has an understanding of the equipment/training;
d) Management records are kept;
e) Maintenance agreements and records are maintained; and
f) Data protection principles and signage are in place.
Any person who appears to be intoxicated shall not be served and shall be asked to leave.
Persistent offenders shall be barred from the premises.
A log book of anyone refused to be served will be kept with the name, date and time of the refusal.
All instances of crime and disorder shall be reported to the Police and details shall be kept in an incident logbook.
PUBLIC SAFETY
The Premises Licence Holder or DPS shall ensure that no customers carrying open bottles upon entry shall be admitted to the premises at any times when the premises are open for licensable activity.
The Premises Licence Holder or DPS shall ensure that no customers are allowed to remove from the premises any alcohol unless it is re-corked or sealed before it is removed.
THE PREVENTION OF PUBLIC NUISANCE
There shall be placed at all exits of the premises in a place where they can be seen and easily read by the public, notices requiring customers to leave the premises quickly and quietly.
Outdoor bottle bins shall not be used between the hours of 21.00hrs to 07.00hrs each day.
THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN FROM HARM
A 'Challenge 25' policy shall be operated at the premises at all times. The only forms of ID that shall be accepted (at the discretion of the management) as proof of age are a valid passport, photographic driving licence, a PASS approved proof of age card or H.M. Services Warrant Card or other reliable photo ID (that has been approved for acceptance by the Police or other responsible authority).
Publicity materials notifying customers of the operation of the 'Challenge 25' scheme shall be displayed at the premises.
The Designated Premises Supervisor or Premises Licence Holder shall operate and maintain an up-to-date Register of Refusals of Sale of Alcohol, indicating the date, time and reason for refusal which shall be made available for inspection by Local Authority Officers and the Police or other relevant authority. Alternatively, an electronic point of sale refusal log shall be kept.
A documented training programme shall be introduced for all staff in a position to sell, serve or deliver alcohol. The programme shall be made available for inspection at the request of Local Authority Officers and the Police.
The DPS or PLH shall conduct 6 monthly training reviews with all members of staff authorised to sell, serve or deliver alcohol in order to reinforce the training and to promote best practice. A written record shall be kept of the content of such reviews for each individual member of staff.
A written or printed list of persons authorised to sell alcohol shall be kept on site and made available for inspection at the request of Local Authority Officers and Police.
Notices advising adults that is an offence to purchase alcohol for persons under 18 years old shall be displayed. (Exception are those alcoholic drinks that can be legally purchased and consumed with a meal).
Young people under the age of 18 shall not be permitted to remain on the premise after 22.00hrs every day of the week.
Under 18’s events will not take place without prior consultation with Cheshire Constabulary and Local Authority Officers.
The consultation shall take place not less than 10 days before any planned event.
ANNEXE 3 - CONDITIONS ATTACHED FOLLOWING A HEARING BY THE LICENSING AUTHORITY
None.
ANNEXE 4 - PREMISES PLAN
The plan of the premises forms part of the licence.
ANNEXE 5 - DATE LICENCE FIRST GRANTED
20th December 2020.