BlackpoolLicensing Service

Ruskin Hotel

55 - 69 Albert Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY1 4PW

Completed application 083127 which is a Change of Supervisor for Premises Licence from 02/09/2020 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• an exhibition of a film
• a performance of live music
• a performance of dance
• entertainment of a similar description to that falling within a performance of live music, any playing of recorded music or a performance of dance
• provision of late night refreshment
• the supply of alcohol
• any playing of recorded music

Additional Conditions

• Annex 1 - Mandatory conditions

   

  1              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.

   

  2              Every supply of alcohol under the premise licence must be made or authorised by a person who holds a personal licence.

   

  3              (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).

   

  4              The responsible person must ensure that free potable water is provided on request to customers where it is reasonably available.

   

  5               (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 holographic mark, or an ultraviolet feature.

   

  6               The responsible person must ensure that -

   

  (a) where any of the following alcoholic drinks are 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.

   

  7              (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) In this condition:-

  a.              “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 amount 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;

  b.              “duty” is to be construed in accordance with the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979;

  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 would not be a whole number of pennies, the permitted price shall be taken to be the price rounded up to the nearest penny.

   

                (4) Where the permitted price 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, 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.

   

  8              Exhibition of films:

   

                Where the film classification body is specified in the licence, unless the following applies, admission of children must be restricted in accordance with any recommendations made by that body.

   

                Where  -

   

  a)              The film classification body is not specified in the licence,

   

  or

   

  b)              The relevant licensing authority has notified the holder of the licence that this condition is applied to the film in question,

   

                Admission of children must be restricted in accordance with any recommendation made by that licensing authority.

   

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  Annex 2 - Conditions consistent with the Operating Schedule

   

  1              The restrictions on permitted hours do not prohibit:

  -              Consumption of alcohol on the premises or the taking of sale or supply of supply of alcohol to any person residing in the licensed premises; or,

  -              Supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises to any private friends of a person residing there who are bona fide entertainment by him at his own expense.

   

  2              Upon commencement of their employment, all staff who are involved in the sale of alcohol will be trained in relation to the licensing objectives so as to reduce crime and disorder, promote public safety, prevent public nuisance and promote the protection of children from harm.  Refresher training will be provided at least once every six months and all training will be documented and made available to an authorised officer upon request.

   

  3              The premises will be an active member of any local "pub watch" or equivalent scheme where such a scheme is in existence.

   

  4              Any risk assessments carried out by or on behalf of the premises licence holder which relate to a licensing objective will be made available for inspection by an authorised officer.

   

  5              At least one personal licence holder (whose identity will be made known to staff involved in the sale of alcohol) will be available at the premises at all times sales of alcohol are taking place at the premises, except in the case of an emergency.

   

  6              A comprehensive CCTV system shall be installed at the premises and will meet the following criteria:

  -              The system will display on any recording the time and date of said recording;

  -              The system will be recording whenever the premises is open to the public;

  -              Any recordings will be retained for a minimum of 31 days after they are made and will be produced to an authorised officer upon request, so long as said request is in accordance with the principles of the Data Protection Act or any subsequent or alternative legislation;

  -              As a minimum, the CCTV will capture a "head and shoulders" image of those entering the premises through the main public entrance.

   

  Appropriate signage alerting customers to the use of CCTV shall be displayed in a conspicuous position at the premises.

   

  7              A competent person trained in the use of and operation of the CCTV will be in attendance at the premises at all times that licensable activities are taking place. Said person will be able to fully operate the CCTV system and be able to download data in a recognised format when requested.

   

  8              Staff will regularly remove and empty glasses or bottles and only toughened glass vessels will be used at the premises.

   

  9              An incident register of any occurrences or ejections from the premises will be maintained at the premises and any details of public order offences will be recorded. Said register will be made available upon request to an authorised officer.

   

  10              Prior to any occasion on which licensable activities are to be carried on at the premises, a risk assessment will be carried out to determine whether door supervisors are required. An appropriate number of door supervisors will be utilised in accordance with said risk assessment.

   

  11              The premises will have a zero tolerance drugs policy including a requirement for staff to undertake checks of toilets at regular intervals and said policy will be enforced at all times.

   

  12              Any sales of alcohol made for consumption off the premises will be made in sealed containers.

   

  13              The management of the premises will ensure that the area immediately outside the entrance to the premises is kept clean, tidy and free from litter.

   

  14              On any occasion that regulated entertainment is carried on at the premises, regular assessments of the noise emanating from the premises will be undertaken.  Wherever said assessments indicate that noise is likely to cause nuisance to any local residents, remedial action will be taken.

   

  15              Whenever live or recorded music is played, all reasonable steps will be taken to avoid disturbance to neighbouring properties.

   

  16              Any windows and doors leading directly to an area where regulated entertainment takes place will be kept closed (except for the purposes of access and egress) whenever regulated entertainment is taking place.

   

  17              The volume of amplified sound used in conjunction with entertainment shall, at all times, be under the control of the Management and the controlling mechanism shall be operated from a part of the premises inaccessible to members and their guests.

   

  18              Signage shall be displayed at all exits requesting patrons to respect the needs of local residents and to leave the premises quietly.

   

  19              Signage shall be posted in bar areas prohibiting the supply of alcohol to children.

   

  20              A "Challenge 25" Policy shall be adopted and enforced at the premises whereby any person who appears to be under the age of 25 shall be required to provide identification to prove that they are over the age of 18 before they are permitted to purchase alcohol. The only forms of acceptable identification will be:

   

  -              A Passport;

  -              A UK Photocard Driving Licence;

  -              Official ID card issued by HM Forces or EU bearing a photograph and the date of birth of the holder;

  -              Any other form of identification agreed with a representative of the Police Licensing Unit.

   

  21              All staff who are involved in the sale of alcohol will be trained in relation to the "Challenge 25" policy upon the commencement of their employment, following which they will undertake refresher training at least once every twelve months. Said training will be documented and will be made available to an authorised officer upon request.

   

  22              There shall be no persons under the age of sixteen permitted on the premises unless they are accompanied by a person aged eighteen years or older.

   

  23              Customers will not be permitted in the patio area after 23:00 each day.

   

  24              Customers will not be permitted to consume drinks on the terrace after 23:00 each day.

   

  25              No regulated entertainment will take place in external areas.

   

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  Annex 3 - Conditions attached after a hearing by the licensing authority

   

  Not applicable

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  Annex 4 - Plans

   

  See attached reference PL2171 / 1 / 1, PL2171 / 2 / 1