Leiston & District Ex-Service Club

Victory Road, Leiston, Suffolk, IP16 4DQ

Completed application 026962 which is a New Application for Club Premises Certificate from 24/11/2005 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Permitted Activities

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

Additional Conditions

• Annex 1 - Mandatory Conditions

   

  1. (1) 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.

  (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 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 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.

   

  2.  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).

   

  3.  The responsible person shall ensure that free tap water is provided on request to customers where it is reasonably available.

   

  4. (1) 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.

  (2) 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.

   

  5.  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

   

  (b) customers are made aware of the availability of these measures.

   

  EXHIBITION OF FILMS

   

  1)      Where a premises licence authorises the exhibition of films, the licence must include a condition requiring the admission of children to the exhibition of any film to be restricted in accordance with this section -

   

  2)      Where the film classification body is specified in the licence, unless subsection (3)(b) applies, admission of children must be restricted in accordance with any recommendation made by that body.

   

  3)      Where -

   

  )          the film classification body is not specified in the licence, or

  )          the relevant licensing authority has notified the holder of the licence that this subsection applies to the film in question, admission of children must be restricted in accordance with any recommendation made by that licensing authority.

   

  4)              In this section -

   

  “children” means persons aged under 18; and

  “film classification body” means the person or persons designated as the authority under section 4 of the Video Recordings Act 1984 (c.39) (authority to determine suitability of video works for classification).

   

   

• Annex 2 - Conditions Consistent with the Operating Schedule

   

  General Conditions

   

  1. Conditions imposed by The Licensing Act 1964.

   

      Alcohol shall not be sold or supplied except during permitted hours.

   

      In this condition, permitted hours means:

  )          On weekdays, other than Christmas Day, Good Friday or New Year’s Eve,

                  10 a.m. to 11 p.m.

  )          On Sundays, other than Christmas Day or New Year’s Eve,

                       12 noon to 10.30 p.m.

  )          On Good Friday, 12 noon to 10.30 p.m.

  )          On New Year’s Eve, except on a Sunday, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.

  )          On New Year’s Eve on a Sunday, 12 noon to 10.30 p.m.

  )          On Christmas day, as provided by the rules of the club and notified in writing by the chairman or secretary of the club to the chief executive of the justices for the petty sessions area in which the premises are The Licensing Authority. The said hours shall:

                i)              not exceed six and a half hours;

                ii)               not begin earlier than 12 noon;

                iii)               not end later than 10.30 p.m.

                iv)               provide for a break of at least 2 hours, including 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.;

                v)               not extend for more than three and a half hours after 5 p.m.

                g)              On New Year’s Eve from the end of permitted hours 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).

   

  2.               The above restrictions do not prohibit:

  )           during the first twenty minutes after the above hours, the consumption of the               alcohol on the premises;

  )           during the first twenty minutes after the above hours, the taking of alcohol from the premises, unless the alcohol is supplied or taken in an open vessel;

  )           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 as ancillary to the meals;

  )           the supply to, or consumption by, any person of alcohol in any premises where they are residing.

   

  NB:              A person shall be treated as residing in any premises, notwithstanding that he occupies sleeping accommodation in a separate building, if he is provided with that accommodation in the course of a business of providing board and lodging for reward at those premises and the building is habitually used for the purpose by way of annexe or overflow in connection with those premises and is occupied and managed with those premises.

   

  Crime and Disorder

   

  1         The Licensee  will actively participate in a local Pubwatch/Nightsafe scheme(s) (or similar) where such a scheme operates within the locality of the premises.

  2         The Licensee will display ‘Behave or be Banned’ will notices displayed inside Club.

  3         The Licensee will display appropriate crime prevention notices (if asked to do so by the Police.)

   

  Public Safety

   

  4         The number of persons present on the premises at any one time shall not exceed 200.

  5         The Licensee will ensure that in the absence of adequate daylight, the lighting in any area accessible to the public will be fully operational.

  6         The Licensee will ensure that all exits and escape routes are clearly identified, kept free from obstruction and available for immediate use in the event of an emergency during licensable activities.

  7         The Licensee will ensure that the following systems are maintained and inspected by a suitably qualified professional person in accordance with the appropriate British Standard an at intervals recommended in national guidance, and will keep the records of such inspections available for inspection by authorised officers on request:

           Electrical installation

           Emergency lighting systems

           Fire alarm systems

           Gas boiler appliance

           Oil fire boiler appliance

           Suspended ceilings

           Portable fire fighting equipment

            Temporary electrical installations

   

   

  Prevention of Public Nuisance

   

  1         The volume of the amplification system for any description of musical entertainment shall be strictly controlled so that noise levels are non-intrusive at the boundaries of nearby residential properties.

  2         After 23.30 hours all external doors to the hall must be kept closed, other than for access and egress, when amplified music and amplified speech is taking place.

  3         All descriptions of regulated entertainment with the exception of the playing of recorded background music from a radio, portable CD or other similar device, shall take place in the hall only.

  4         Noxious smells from the licensed premises will not be permitted so as to cause a nuisance to nearby properties and the premises will be properly vented.

  5         Noise or vibration will not emanate from the premises so as to cause a nuisance to nearby properties.

   

  Protection of children from harm

   

  6         All members of staff at the premises will seek PASS accredited proof of age cards, photo-driving licences or passports as proof of age evidence from any person who appears to be under the age of 18 and who is seeking to purchase or consume alcohol on the premises.

  7         The Licensee will ensure that children under the age of 12 are accompanied at all times by an adult while they are on the premises.

   

   

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