ANNEX 2 - CONDITIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE OPERATING SCHEDULE
General - all four licensing objectives (b,c,d,e)
All staff engaged in licensable activity at the premises will receive training and information in relation to the following (select from the following):
The Challenge 25 scheme in operation at the premises, including the forms of identification that are acceptable.
The hours and activities permitted by the premises licence issued under the Licensing Act 2003 and conditions attached to the licence
How to complete and maintain the refusal register in operation at the premises (in relation to the sale of alcohol).
Recognising the signs of drunkenness.
The operating procedures for refusing service to any person who is drunk, under-age or appears to be under-age, or appears to be making a proxy purchase.
Action to be taken in the event of an emergency, including reporting an incident to the emergency services.
Training shall be recorded in documentary form and shall be regularly refreshed at no greater than 6 monthly intervals. Training records shall be made available for inspection and copying at reasonable times upon request of an authorised officer of a responsible authority.
Training records will be retained for at least 12 months.
The prevention of crime and disorder
CCTV will be provided in the form of a recordable system, capable of providing pictures of evidential quality in all lighting conditions particularly facial recognition.
Cameras shall encompass all ingress and egress to the premises, fire exits, outside areas, and all areas where the sale/supply of alcohol occurs.
Equipment must be maintained in good working order, be correctly time and date stamped, recordings must be kept in date order, numbered sequentially and kept for a period of 31 days and handed to police on demand.
The Premises Licence Holder must ensure at all times a DPS or appointed member of staff is capable and competent at downloading CCTV footage in a recordable format either disk or VHS to the police/local authority on demand.
The recording equipment and tapes/discs shall be kept in a secure environment under the control of the DPS or other responsible named individual. An operational daily log report must be maintained endorsed by signature, indicating the system has been checked and is compliant, in the event of any failings actions taken are to be recorded.
In the event of technical failure of the CCTV equipment the Premises Licence Holder/DPS must report the failure to the police licensing team immediately.
An incident log shall be kept and maintained at the premises which will include a log of the following, including pertinent details (select from the following):
Any incidents of disorder or of a violent or anti-social nature
All crimes reported to the venue, or by the venue to the police
All ejections of patrons
Any complaints received
Seizures of drugs or offensive weapons
Any faults in the CCTV system
Any visits by a responsible authority (under the Licensing Act 2003) or emergency service.
Records must be completed within 24 hours of any incident, and will contain the time and date, the nature of the incident, the people involved, the action taken and details of the person responsible for the management of the premises at the time of the incident.
The logs shall be kept for at least 12 months following the date of entry and be made available for inspection and copying upon request of an authorised officer of a responsible authority.
The DPS and/or the premises licence holder will be responsible for conducting dynamic risk assessments for the requirement of additional door staff especially during busy periods, public holidays, or any other events such as sporting events or festivals.
Public safety
Customers will be reminded by way of a notice at the entrance/exit door to please leave the premises quietly and have consideration for the neighbouring properties. Sufficient litter bins will be provided to allow the customers to deposit their waste/rubbish in the correct manner.
Open containers of alcohol shall not be removed from the premises, except for consumption in any delineated external area as shown on the plan attached to the licence. Alcohol sold for the purpose of off sales will be sold in sealed containers.
There shall be no consumption of beverages in the delineated external area of the premises after 22:00 hours. No patrons shall be permitted to remain outside, other than to temporarily leave then re-enter e.g. to smoke, after such time, to prevent nuisance to residential neighbours.
The prevention of public nuisance
During opening hours suitable provision will be provided for the collection of smoking related litter.
The pavement outside of the premises must be kept clean. This pavement must be swept and cleared of any smoking related litter at the start and end of trading.
Customers will be reminded by way of a notice at the entrance/exit door to please leave the premises quietly and have consideration for the neighbouring properties. Sufficient litter bins will be provided to allow the customers to deposit their waste/rubbish in the correct manner.
The protection of children from harm
The premises shall operate a Challenge 25 policy. Such policy shall be written down and kept at the premises. The policy shall be produced on demand of an authorised person (as defined by Section 13 of the Licensing Act 2003) or the police of an authorised Trading Standards Officer of the Council. Prominent, clear and legible signage (in not less than 32 font bold) shall also be displayed at all entrances to the premises as well as at least one location behind any bar advertising the scheme operated.
The premises shall operate a Challenge 25 Policy and any individual who appears to be under the age of 25 will be required to produce an approved form of photographic identification i.e.
A photo driving licence
A passport
An identification card carrying the PASS hologram
Unless such identification is produced the sale of alcohol must be refused.
An alcohol sales refusal register shall be kept at the premises and be maintained to include details of all alcohol sales refused. The register will include:
the date and time of refusal
the reason for refusal
details of the person refusing the sale
description of the customer
any other relevant observations.
The refusals register will be made available for inspection and copying on request of an authorised officer of a responsible authority.
All entries must be made within 24 hours of the refusal.