Annex 1 - Mandatory conditions
1 Alcohol shall not be sold or supplied except during permitted hours. Permitted hours means:
a) On weekdays, other than Christmas day, Good Friday, or New Year’s Eve, 11am to 11pm
b) On Sundays, other than Christmas Day or New Year’s Eve 12noon to 10.30pm
c) On Good Friday, 12noon to 10.30pm
d) On Christmas Day, 12noon to 3pm and 7pm to 10.30pm
e) On New Year’s Eve, except on a Sunday, 11am to 11pm
f) On New Year’s Eve on a Sunday from 12noon to 10.30pm
g) 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)
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 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;
c) Consumption of the alcohol on the premises or the taking of sale or supply of alcohol to any person residing in the licensed premises;
d) The sale of alcohol to a trader or club for the purposes of the trade or club;
e) 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;
f) 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
g) 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.
2 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 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.
3 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.
4 Every supply of alcohol under the premises licence must be made or authorised by a person who holds a personal licence.
5 Any individual employed on the premises to carry out a security activity must be licensed by the Security Industry Authority.
6 The terms, conditions and restrictions detailed in the Blackpool Borough Council Entertainments Licences (Standard Conditions) Regulations 1985 must be adhered to at all times.
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.
Areas, permitted numbers and regulated entertainment allowed -
Pool Hall: 2,600 persons. Entertainment: Public music and dancing or any other entertainment of a like kind.
Terrace garden: 300 persons. Entertainment: Public music.
Tree Terrace: 100 persons. Entertainment: Public music.
Whenever an area of the premises described below is open to the public, the specified escape routes shall be kept free, unobstructed and fully available for use by the public. The staircases referred to are those shown on plans deposited with the Licensing Authority.
Terrace Gardens - First Floor:
Route via ramps to nearest exit to open air ground floor level.
Route across bridge via Staircase 7 to open air ground floor level.
Route via Staircase 6 and Children's Play Area to open air ground floor level.
Tree Terrace - First Floor:
Route via Staircase 7 to open air ground floor level.
Route via Staircase 11 to nearest exit to open air ground floor level.
Pool Hall (or any part) - Ground Floor:
All exit routes to open air.
Video Alley - Ground Floor:
Via Mall to open air at ground floor level.
Via Terrace and ramps and Pool Hall to nearest exit to open air at ground floor level.
Mall - Ground Floor:
Via exits to open air from Mall at ground floor level.
Via Staircase 3 to open basement level.
Via Staircase 1 to open basement level.
Offices - Second Floor:
Via Staircase 1 to open air basement level.
Via Staircase 1 and Pay Desk to open air at ground floor level.
Changing Area - Basement:
Via Staircase 4 enclosure and escape corridor to open air at basement level.
Via ramps to Pool Hall to open air at ground floor level.
When the premises are being used for public entertainment all internal doors shall be made to swing both ways or to open outwards, and shall have in use no other fastenings than internal automatic bolts.
All new or replacement materials used for upholstery, curtaining and drapes shall be suitably treated for flame proofing to the British Standard relevant at that time and shall be retreated as necessary to ensure continuing compliance with the requirements of the British Standard relevant at that time.
Portable gas bottles or cylinders, with the exception of Carbon Dioxide Cylinders, shall not be permitted within the premises. The Carbon Dioxide Cylinders used in conjunction with the supply of soft drinks shall be kept in the basement Beer Store or Beer Cellar. Bulk Supply installations shall be installed in strict compliance with current codes of practice.
There shall be maintained, in a log book kept on the premises, a record and details of all the following, namely any outbreaks of fire, instruction and training given in fire procedures, fire drills, fire equipment maintenance (including sprinkler systems), smoke control systems, fire dampers, portable extinguishers and fire hose reels, fire alarm testing (if a fire alarm is provided), emergency lighting testing and such other information and detail as may be prescribed by the Licensing Authority.
Public seating patterns and arrangements in the premises must at all times accord fully with patterns and arrangements previously approved by the Chief Fire Officer.