Warrington Borough CouncilLicensing Section

Mr Convenience Store

17 Padgate Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 3RS

Open application 074320 which is a PL With Alcohol Non-Payment of Annual Fee for Premises Licence from 22/03/2024 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• the supply of alcohol

Additional Conditions

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  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.

   

  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.

   

  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.

   

   

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  ANNEXE 2 - CONDITIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE OPERATING SCHEDULE

   

  1.              THE PREVENTION OF CRIME & DISORDER

   

   

  a)  The premise is to operate an effective CCTV system which is to be maintained in good working order at all times the premises is open for business.

   

  b)  The recording medium (e.g. disks / tapes / hard drive, etc.) and associated images are to be retained and securely stored for a minimum period of 31 days and are to be made available to the police / authorised officers of the Licensing Authority upon

         request.

   

  c)  The premises licence holder or designated premises supervisor is to provide the police with the contact details of at least one other member of staff (or other person(s)) who is trained and familiar with the operation of the equipment so that, at the

        expense of the premises licence holder, they are able to check that the equipment is operating properly and that they are able to provide copies of recorded data upon request and within no more than 12 hours from the time of the request.

   

  d)  The premises licence holder / Designated Premises Supervisor must notify the licensing office or the Police in the event of CCTV breakdown as soon as is reasonably practicable and in any event within 24 hours.  In the case of a breakdown or

        malfunction the premises licence holder / designated premises supervisor shall make sure that the CCTV is in working order as soon as practicable.

   

  e)  A written delegation of authority record will be kept at the premises whereby non personal licence holders are authorised to make sales on behalf of a personal licence holder.

   

  f)   Staff training shall take place on the Licensing Act and Licensing objectives upon commencement of employment and every six months thereafter, a written record of this training is to be maintained and made available to the police and any authorised

         officer of the Council for inspection on request.

   

  g)  The Designated Premises supervisor / personal licence holder will be available /contactable at all times that alcohol is on sale.

   

  h)  An incident book/register shall be maintained to record:

   

                i. All incidents of crime and disorder occurring at the premises.

                ii.Details of occasions when the police are called to the premises.

   

  i)  This book/register shall be made available for inspection by a police officer or other authorised officer on request.

   

   

  2.              PUBLIC SAFETY

   

  None

   

   

  3.              PREVENTION OF PUBLIC NUISANCE

   

  a)  Management and staff shall use their best endeavours to prevent persons loitering outside the premises and to ensure that persons refused entry or ejected are asked to leave the vicinity of the premises.

   

  b) Prominent, clear and legible notices shall be displayed at all exits requesting that customers respect the needs of local residents and to leave the premises and area quietly. 

   

   

  4. THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN FROM HARM

  
  a)  The only forms of ID that shall be accepted (at the discretion of the Management) as proof of age are a valid passport, a valid photographic driving licence, a PASS approved proof of age card, HM Services Warrant Card or other reliable photo ID (that has

         been approved for acceptance by the Police or an Officer of the Local Authority).

   

  b)  A 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. 

   

  c)  The premises shall operate a “Challenge 25” proof of age policy, and signage to this effect is to be prominently displayed within the premises. Persons who appear to be under the age of 25 must produce for thorough scrutiny by staff, proof of  

        identity/age before being sold/supplied alcohol. Only a passport or photo-card driving licence or a proof of age card bearing the official ‘PASS’ accreditation hologram should be accepted as proof of age.

   

  d)  The premises shall maintain a refusals log to record the details of incidents / descriptions of individuals whenever a member of staff has refused to sell alcohol to a person suspected of being under the age of 18 and record the circumstances of any

        incident.  The log must be made available to the police / authorised officers of the Licensing Authority on request.

   

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

   

  N/A

   

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  ANNEXE 4 - PLANS

   

  The plan of the premises forms part of the licence

   

  Dated 14th February, 2024

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  ANNEXE 5 - DATE LICENCE FIRST GRANTED

   

  22nd March, 2024

   

   

Premises Plans

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