Annex 2 - Conditions Consistent with the Operating Schedule
General Conditions
JUSTICE ON-LICENCE - Licensing Act 1964, S 59, 60 and 63
1 Alcohol shall not be sold or supplied except during permitted hours.
2 In this condition, permitted hours means:
On weekdays, other than Christmas Day, Good Friday or New Year’s Eve, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
b. On Sundays, other than Christmas Day or New Year’s Eve, 12 noon to 10.30 p.m.
c. On Good Friday, 12 noon to 10.30 p.m.
d. On Christmas Day, 12 noon to 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 10.30 p.m.
e. On New Year’s Eve, except on a Sunday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
f. On New Year’s Eve on a Sunday, 12 noon to 10.30 p.m.
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 31 December).
3. The above restrictions do not prohibit:
a. the consumption of alcohol on the premises during the first 20 minutes after the above hours;
b. the taking of the alcohol from the premises (unless the alcohol is supplied or taken in an open vessel) during the first 20 minutes after the above hours;
c. the consumption of the alcohol on the premises by persons taking meals there during the first 30 minutes after the above hours, if the alcohol was supplied for consumption ancillary to those meals;
d. the consumption of the alcohol on the premises by, or, the taking, sale or supply of alcohol to any person residing in the licensed premises;
e. the ordering of alcohol to be consumed off the premises, or the dispatch by the vendor of the alcohol so ordered;
f. the sale of alcohol to a trader or club for the purposes of the trade or club;
g. 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;
h. the taking of alcohol from the premises by a person residing there; or
i. 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
j. the supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises to persons employed there for the purposes of the 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.
4. 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 which is not a bar and to or from which there is not 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 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.
Crime and Disorder
1 The Licensee will ensure that the DPS joins the local Pubwatch/Nightsafe scheme.
2 The Licensee will ensure that the DPS makes other local licensees aware of any problems that may occur in the area.
3 The Licensee will:
Adopt a proof of age scheme
Adopt a refusal register
Not adopt any drink promotion activities that undermine a policy of responsible drinking
Ensure training is provided to all staff on licensing law and that records are kept
Ensure that non-alcoholic drink is available at all times on the premises.
Public Safety
Prevention of Public Nuisance
4 The Licensee will ensure that patrons are not permitted to loiter and/or congregate at the front of the premises.
5 All windows and doors to the premises shall be kept closed other than for access and egress at all times when there are performances of live music, when recorded music, other than in the form or amplified background music from a radio, CD player or other similar device, is being played, and when there is other musical entertainment of a similar description, for example a karaoke or a disco.
6 All descriptions of regulated entertainment shall finish at 24:00 hours each day.
7 The volume of any description of musical entertainment shall be strictly controlled so that noise levels are non-intrusive at the boundaries or nearby residential properties.
8 No external areas shall be used after 23:30 hours except for access and egress to The Plough, and for people wishing to smoke.
9 The Licensee will provide and maintain signage on the premises to ensure that customers behave in a quiet manner when using the outside areas and when departing the premises.
Protection of Children from Harm
10 The Licensee will ensure that all staff members seek credible evidence of age (e.g. driving licence, PASS card, etc) from any individual who appears to be under the age of 18 attempting to purchase alcohol.
11 The Licensee will ensure that children under the age of 14 are not permitted in the licensed premises after 21:00.