Annex 1 - Mandatory conditions
1 Alcohol shall not be sold or supplied except during permitted hours. Permitted hours means:
Subject to the following paragraphs, the permitted hours on weekdays shall extend until two o’clock in the morning following except that -
a) The permitted hours shall end at midnight on any day on which music and dancing is not provided after midnight; and
b) On any day that music and dancing end between midnight and 2am, the permitted house shall end when the music and dancing end.
2 In relation to the morning on which summer time begins, paragraph1 of this condition shall have effect -
a) With the substitution of references to three o’clock in the morning for references to two o’clock in the morning [ or one hour following the hour actually specified in the certificate where the certificate requires closure between 1am and 2am]
3 Except on Sundays immediately before bank holidays, the permitted hours on Sundays shall extend until thirty minutes past midnight in the morning following, except that -
a) The permitted hours shall end at midnight on any Sunday on which music and dancing is not provided after midnight;
b) Where music and dancing end between midnight on any Sunday and thirty minutes past midnight, the permitted hours on that Sunday shall end when the music and dancing end.
4 On Sundays immediately before bank holidays, the permitted hours shall extend until 2am in the morning following, except that -
a) The permitted hours shall end at midnight on any Sunday on which music and dancing is not provided after midnight;
b) Where music and dancing end between midnight on any Sunday and 2am, the permitted hours on that Sunday shall end when the music and dancing end.
The sale of alcohol must be ancillary to the use of the premises for music and dancing and substantial refreshment.
5 On New Year’s Eve from the end of permitted hours on New Year’s Eve to the start of permitted hours on the following day (or if there are no permitted hours on the following day, midnight on 31st December)
6 The above restrictions do not prohibit:
a) During the first twenty minutes after the above hours the consumption of the alcohol on the premises;
b) During the first twenty minutes after the above hours, the taking of the alcohol from the premises unless the alcohol is supplied or taken in an open vessel;
c) During the first thirty minutes after the above hours the consumption of the alcohol on the premises by persons taking meals there if the alcohol was supplied for consumption as ancillary to the meals;
d) Consumption of the alcohol on the premises or the taking of sale or supply of alcohol to any person residing in the licensed premises;
e) The ordering of alcohol to be consumed off the premises, or the dispatch by the vendor of the alcohol so ordered;
f) The sale of alcohol to a trader or club for the purposes of the trade or club;
g) The sale or supply of alcohol to any canteen or mess, being a canteen in which the sale or supply of alcohol is carried out under the authority of the Secretary of State or an authorised mess of members of Her Majesty’s naval, military or air forces;
h) The taking of alcohol from the premises by a person residing there; or
i) The supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises to any private friends of a person residing there who are bona fide entertained by him at his own expense, or the consumption of alcohol by persons so supplied; or
j) The supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises to person employed there for the purposes of business carried on by the holder of the licence, or the consumption of liquor so supplied, if the liquor is supplied at the expense of their employer or of the person carrying on or in charge of the business on the premises.
7 No person under fourteen shall be in the bar of the licensed premises during the permitted hours unless one of the following applies:
a) He is the child of the holder of the premises licence.
b) He resides in the premises, but is not employed there.
c) He is in the bar solely for the purpose of passing to or from some part of the premises that is not a bar and to or from some part of the premises where there is no other convenient means of access or egress.
d) The bar is in railway refreshment rooms or other premises constructed, fitted and intended to be used bona fide for any purpose to which holding of the licence is ancillary.
In this condition “bar” includes any place exclusively or mainly used for the sale and consumption of intoxicating liquor. However, an area is not a bar when it is usual for it to be, and it is, set apart for the service of table meals and alcohol is only sold or supplied to persons as an ancillary to their table meals.
8 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.
9 Every supply of alcohol under the premises licence must be made or authorised by a person who holds a personal licence.
10 Any individual employed on the premises to carry out a security activity must be licensed by the Security Industry Authority.
11 The terms, conditions and restrictions detailed in the Blackpool Borough Council Entertainments Licences (Standard Conditions) Regulations 1985 must be adhered to at all times.
12 The premises shall not be used for public entertainment on Sunday except between the hours defined by the schedule and then only for (a) musical entertainment as defined by the Sunday Entertainments Act 1932, and (b) dancing in respect of which an admission charge is not made.
13 Music must not be excessive in volume and must be under the control of the holder of the licence or his duly appointed representative. The requirements of the Licensing Authority's Environmental Health Division in relation to levels of noise produced inside or outside the premises as a result of, incidental to, or arising from the public entertainment, shall be complied with.
14 The maximum number of persons to be accommodated in the premises or in any particular part of the premises at any one time shall be 300.
15 On Bank Holidays the Regulated Entertainment is permitted until 02.00 hours the following day (except Easter).
16 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.
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 by 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 dependant on -
i. The outcome of a race, competition or other event or process, or
ii. The likelihood of anything occurring or not occurring;
17 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).
18 The responsible person shall ensure that free tap water is provided on request to customers where it is reasonably available.
19 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. The policy must require individuals who appear to the responsible person to be under 18 year 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.
20 The responsible person shall ensure that -
a. Where any of the following alcoholic drink 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: 25ml or 35ml; and
iii. Still wine in a glass: 125ml; and
b. Customers are made aware of the availability of these measures.