Annex 1 - Mandatory Conditions
1. No supply of alcohol may be made under this Premises Licence:
a) at a time there is no designated premises supervisor in respect of the premises licence and,
b) at a time when the designated premises supervisor does not hold a personal licence or the personal licence is suspended and,
2. Every supply of alcohol under the premises licence must be made or authorised by a person who holds a personal licence.
3. (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 18years 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.
4. 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.
5. 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 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;
(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) “value added tax” means value added tax charged in accordance with the Value Added Tax Act 1994.
6. 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.
7. (1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies where the permitted price given by Paragraph (b) of paragraph2 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.
8. (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-
games or other activities which require or encourage, or are designed to require or encourage, individuals to-
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
drink as much alcohol as possible (whether within a time limit or otherwise);
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;
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;
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;
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).
9.The responsible person must ensure that free potable water is provided on request to customers where it is reasonably available.
10.The responsible person must ensure that-
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-
beer or cider: ½ pint;
gin, rum, vodka or whisky: 25 ml or 35 ml; and
still wine in a glass: 125 ml;
these measures are displayed in a menu, price list or other printed material which is available to customers on the premises; and
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.
11. Each individual carrying out a security activity must be licensed by the Security Industry Authority.
Annex 2 - Conditions consistent with the Operating Schedule
1. CCTV
1.1 A tamper resistant CCTV system shall be installed, maintained in working order and operated at the premises.
1.2 CCTV images shall be retained for a period of no less than 28 days.
1.3 Cameras shall be installed and located in all entry and exit points, bar/serving areas, circulation areas, to enable the capture of images of individuals to be of a standard which allows them to be identified.
1.4 Recordings of incidents at the premises must be made secure for inspection by the police and provided on lawful request. This means that a member of staff shall be available within 24 hours or by prior appointment who can operate the CCTV system and providing recordings in accordance with lawful requirements.
1.5 There shall at all times be a member of staff present who is capable of being able to use the CCTV system to assist the police, or person authorised by the Licensing Authority, to immediately view CCTV footage.
1.6 In the event of a failure of the CCTV system for any reason, a record of the failure will be recorded and immediate steps will be made to rectify the problem. The premises CCTV system will be checked by the DPS or any other nominated member of staff to ensure that it is operating correctly and such checks to be recorded and by whom.
2. Refusals book
2.1 A refusals book, or electronic record, shall be kept recording all instances where service of alcohol is refused. Records to be retained for at least 12 months and shall be made available for inspection to the Police, or other officers of a Responsible Authority, upon request.
3. Policies
3.1 There shall be in place the following:
-Drugs Policy
-Door Supervisor Policy
-Search Policy
-Dispersal Policy
and these polices shall be deposited with both the Licensing Authority and the West Yorkshire Police Licensing team. Both the Liceninsing Authoirty and the Police must be provided with any updates to any policies within 7 days of them being updated.
4. Door Supervisors
4.1 On a Friday, Saturday, and on a Sunday the day before a Bank holiday Monday, there shall be a minimum of one SIA registered door supervisor on duty from 22:00hrs until when the premises closes. The premises licence holder shall ensure that there is an adequate risk assessment of the need for door supervision at the premises before this time, or at any other times, and shall provide any additional door supervision, sufficient to control the entry of persons to the premises and for the keeping of order in the premises when they are used for a licensable activity, in accordance with that risk assessment.
5. Nite Net
5.1 The premises shall be a member of the Pontefract ‘Night Net Radio’ scheme and have a radio at the premises whilst forever the scheme is active within Pontefract.
6. Seating
6.1 There shall always be provided seating for a minimum of 25 people.
7. DPS/Nominated Person
7.1 The Designated Premises Supervisor, or Nominated Person, must be at the premises, or contactable, at all times during trading hours and a register be maintained on the premises of their contact details.
8. Noise
8.1 When live or recorded music is taking place after 23:00hrs, any external windows in areas where live or recorded music is taking place shall be kept closed until the entertainment is no longer taking place and any door(s) leading from the areas where the regulated entertainment is taking place to outside be closed for the same period save for entry and exit to the premises (NB: this may not in all cases be the last door out of the premises and may be one within a lobby or corridor).
9. Challenge 25
9.1 Challenge 25 shall be implemented, and a proof of age policy is to be applied with the accepted means of proof of age.
10. Children
10.1 Children (as defined in the Licensing Act 2003) shall not be allowed on the premises unless accompanied by an adult at all times.
10.2 Children, aged 15 or under, shall not be allowed to enter, or remain, on the premises from 22:00hrs until close, unless attending a pre-arranged private event.
Annex 3 - Conditions attached after a hearing by the licensing authority
(None Applicable)
Annex 4 - Plans
Please Note:
Plans have not been re-issued with this licence/certificate as they remain unchanged from the previous application. You should now attach those plans to this licence/certificate as you can be required to produce them as part of the licence/certificate by the police or other authorised person.