Mandatory Conditions Supply of alcohol (Licenced Premises)
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.
Every supply of alcohol under the premises licence must be made or authorised by a person who holds a personal licence.
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. 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 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 supplied 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 in 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 dependent on-
i) the outcome of a race, competition or other event or process, or
ii) the likelihood of anything occurring or not occurring;
e) 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.
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).
The responsible person shall ensure that free tap water is provided on request to customers where it is reasonably available.
Only individuals licensed by the security Industry Authority (SIA) maybe used at the premises to guard against unauthorised access or occupation (e.g. through door supervision), outbreaks of disorder or damage.
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 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 a holographic mark.
The responsible person shall 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; and
iv)
b) customers are made aware of the availability of these measures.
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'.
'Permitted price' is the price found by applying the formula P = D + (DxV)
(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.
Admission of children to the exhibition of any film must be in accordance with the recommendations of the British Board of Film Classification for that film. Where permission has been given by the Licensing Authority to show a film not classified by the British Board of Film Classification, the requirements made by the Licensing Authority for the admission of children to the exhibition of that film must be followed.
CHILDREN IN BARS.
On-licence, no children’s certificate:
No person under fourteen shall be in the bar of the licensed premises during the permitted hours unless one of the following applies:
(1) He is the child of the holder of the premises licence.
(2) He resides in the premises, but is not employed there.
(3) He is in the bar solely for the purpose of passing to or from some part of the premises which is not a bar and to or from which there is no other convenient means of access or egress.
(4) The bar is in railway refreshment rooms or other premises constructed, fitted and intended to be used bona fide for any purpose to which the holding of the licence is ancillary.
In this condition “bar” includes any place exclusively or mainly used for the consumption of intoxicating liquor. But 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
* In certain areas of West Lindsey, permitted hours may vary in accordance with sub-section (4) of S60-61 Licensing Act 1964 where the general licensing hours may commence at 10am on weekdays and Saturdays (excluding Christmas Day).
Please contact the Licensing Authority for further information.