New Albert Inn

84 King Street, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 1RJ

Completed application 036191 which is a Cancellation/Surrender for Premises Licence from 04/11/2014 to 10/04/2015

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• any playing of recorded music
• provision of late night refreshment
• the supply of alcohol
• a performance of live music

Additional Conditions

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  Mandatory Conditions where the licence authorises the sale of alcohol

   

  1              No supply of alcohol may be made under the premise licence -

   

  (a) at a time when there is no designated premise supervisor in respect of the    licence , or

   

  (b) at a time when the designated premise supervisor does not hold a personal licence, or his licence has been suspended.

   

    2                             The supply of alcohol under a premises licence must be made or authorised by a      

  person who holds a personal licence.

   

  Irresponsible Drinks Promotions - Mandatory Conditions

   

  3.              (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 in a manner which carries a significant risk of undermining a licensing objective;

   

               (d)   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.

   

                              (e)   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)

   

  4.              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).

        where it is reasonably available.

   

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

   

  Age Verification Policy - Mandatory Condition

   

  6.              (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 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 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 either -

   

  (a)              a holographic mark, or

  (b)              an ultraviolet feature

   

   

  Availability of different Measures - Mandatory Condition

   

  7.              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)              these measures are displayed in a menu, price list or other printed material which is available to customers on the premises; and

   

        (c)    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.

   

  Mandatory condition where Door Supervisors are provided

  All individuals who carry out security activities must be licensed by the Security Industry Authority (SIA)

   

   

  Mandatory condition for the showing of films

  During the showing of films, the admission of children must be restricted in accordance with recommendations given either by a body designated under section 4 of the Video Recordings Act  1984 (the British Board of Film Classification - BBFC) or by the licensing authority.

   

  Alcohol Pricing

   

  1.              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.

  2.              For the purpose of the condition set out in paragraph 1-

   

  (a)              “duty” is to be construed in accordance with the Alcohol Liquor duties Act (1979)

  (b)              “permitted price” is the price found by applying the formula -

   

  P=D + (DxV)

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  (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;

   

  (c)              “relevant person” means, in relation to premises in respect of which there is in force a premise licence -

   

  (i)              The holder of the premise licence

  (ii)              The designated premise 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)              “relevant person” means, in relation to premises in respect of which there is in force a club premises certificate, any member or officer of the club present on the premises in a capacity which enables the member or officer to prevent the supply in question: and

   

  (e)              “value added tax” means value added tax charged in accordance with the Value Added Tax Act 1994

   

  3.              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.

   

  4.              (1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies where the permitted price given by Paragraph (b) of paragraph (2) 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

   

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• Conditins Consistent with the Operating Schedule

   

  The prevention of crime and disorder

   

  A personal licence holder shall be on the premises from 8pm on every Friday, Saturday, Sunday until the premises closes. This person should be employed by the premises licence holder and must be act in a responsible manner during this time.

   

  A tamper proof CCTV system shall be installed at the premises in liaison with and to the satisfaction of Lancashire Constabulary and shall be used to record during all hours that a licensable activity takes place on the premises, and will include one camera covering the front door, one covering the main bar and one covering the dance floor area

   

  The images recorded by the CCTV system shall be retained in unedited form for a period of not less than 14days. 

   

  Any outside area used for the consumption of alcohol shall be covered by CCTV

   

  There shall be in place for the premises a written policy to prevent the sale or supply of alcohol to persons under 18 years of age.  That policy shall require any person who appears to be under the age of 25 years to produce a recognised proof of age card accredited under the Proof of Age Standards Scheme (PASS) or if a proof of age card is not available a photo driving licence or passport indicating that they are over 18 years of age.

   

  A notice or notices shall be displayed in and at the entrance to the premises where they can be clearly seen and read and shall indicate that it is unlawful for persons under 18 to purchase alcohol or for any person to purchase alcohol on behalf of a person under 18 years of age.

   

  Where the premises licence has restrictions relating to the admission of children, a sign detailing those restrictions shall be displayed at the entrance to the premises where it is clearly visible to members of the public visiting those premises

   

  If the premises trades after 0100hrs on Monday then a minimum of one member of door staff, registered with the SIA will commence duty from 2300hrs Sunday evening. In addition, one member of door staff will commence duty on Friday and Saturday nights only, at 2200hrs and will remain on the premises until close of business.

   

  All staff will successfully complete training in age related products prior to operating a till on the sales floor. Refresher training will also be successfully completed not more than every 3 months, this will be fully documented and be available for inspection to police officers or other authorised persons

   

  A zero tolerance approach to drugs will be promoted via appropriate signage in the premises.  Any person found to be in possession of drugs must be reported to the police immediately upon being apprehended

   

  No person under the age of 18yrs shall be permitted on the premises after 8pm

   

  No person under 18 years of age shall be employed upon the licensed premises

   

  To utilise and fully record any refused sales or challenges made to patrons and such records be kept in an appropriate book/binder and be made available on inspection to the police or other authorised agency

   

  Subject to the provision made in respect of Sunday (below) no adult entertainment will commence at the premises prior to 9.00 pm daily.

   

  Adult entertainment will be permitted on Sunday from 1400hrs only on written notification to police, at least 7days prior to the service been provided.  This written notification will include a risk assessment in relation to children and will ensure that no person under the age of 18yrs is permitted on the premises after this time.

   

  Whilst ever adult entertainment takes place on the premises a minimum of one door staff must be present to ensure that there is no admittance to the premises of any individual under the age of eighteen years. Another member of staff must be responsible for the adult entertainer and must escort him/her to and from the changing area and ensure his/her safety whilst performing.

   

  The Premises Licence Holder must ensure that adult entertainment is never visible from the public highway.

   

  There must be no admittance of the premises when adult entertainment is taking place to persons under the age of eighteen years and a clear notice must be displayed at the entrance of the premises in a prominent position so that it can be easily read by persons entering the premises in the following terms "no person under the age of eighteen will be admitted."

   

  Performers shall not be aged less than eighteen years.

   

  Dressing Room (s) must be provided and must not be accessible to members of the public (including members of the audience) prior to, during or after the performance.

  Performers not performing must not be present in the licensed area of the premises in a state of nudity and they must be properly and decently dressed.

   

  There must be no displays of signage outside the premises or photographs or other images which indicate and suggest that adult entertainment takes place at the premises.

   

  Prevention of public nuisance

   

  When amplified musical entertainment is taking place inside the premises after 22.00 windows and doors, save for entrance and exit purposes, will be kept shut.

   

  A sign will be located at the exit (s) requesting that customers leaving the premises do so quietly and with consideration to neighbours.

   

  Use of the smoking area at the rear and side of the premises would cease at 12.00 midnight. The licence holder should be aware that is time limit will be subject to review and may be altered in the event that complaints of noise are received.

   

  Notices would be posted at the rear exit door and in the smoking area requesting persons to be considerate with regard to nearby neighbours and avoid noisy behaviour.

   

  Staff to monitor noise from the premises throughout the evening and to keep a log of such observations in order to ensure that noise does not cause disturbance to nearby residents.

   

  Smokers would use the pavement area to the front of the premises after 12.00 midnight, and he should consider the health and safety implications of this. No alcoholic drinks to be taken into this area. Further advice on risk assessment may be obtained from our Health & Safety Officers on 01524 582731/582738.

   

   

   

   

• Conditions attached after a Hearing by the Licensing Authority

   

  Before any amplified music is played, a noise limiter shall be installed at the premises and shall be set to the satisfaction of the Head of Health and Strategic Housing or her representative, to control the volume of amplified music to an appropriate level for the location of the premises. Once set, such noise limiter shall be maintained in working order at that level, and adjusted only with the approval of the Head of Health and Strategic Housing or her representative.

   

  Consumption of alcohol in any outside area shall cease at 23.00 hours.

   

  Conditions attached following a review of the premises licence

   

  1.              All sales of alcohol must be supervised by a Personal Licence holder from 1700               hours on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights until the premises closes for trade

   

  2.              All under 18 year olds to be removed from the premises by 2000 hours daily               unless engaged with a pre-ordered table meal.