Lancaster City CouncilMorecambe Town Hall

B & M Store

Unit A, Hilmore Way, Morecambe, LA4 4DD

Completed application 053301 which is a New Application for Premises Licence from 04/06/2022 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• the supply of alcohol

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.

   

  Age Verification Policy - Mandatory Condition

   

  5.              (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 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.

   

  Alcohol Pricing

   

  (a)              s the price found by applying the formula -

   

  P=D + (DxV)

                Where-

   

  (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;

   

  (b)              “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.   

   

  (c)              “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

   

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

   

  1.              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.

   

  2.              (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

   

   

   

   

   

• Conditions consistent with operating schedule

   

  • CCTV shall be provided in the form of a recordable system covering the trading area

  and cash tills;

  • The CCTV equipment shall be maintained in good working order correctly time and

  date stamped. Recordings shall be kept in date order, numbered consequentially and

  kept for a period of 31 days and copies made available to any responsible authority on

  request.

   

  In order to maintain the security of the CCTV system selected staff will be trained in the use of the equipment to ensure that any request for copy images will be completed on request if trained staff on duty or within 24 hours if not; The recording equipment and discs/tapes shall be kept in a secure environment under the control of the DPS or other nominated responsible individual.

   

  Prevention of crime and disorder

   

  • Appropriate signage stating that a CCTV system is operational in the store will be

  displayed in conspicuous positions

  • B & M will maintain liaison with the neighbourhood police officers regarding any

  issues relating to the premises;

  • The area for the display of 'alcohol for sale' shall be no more than 10% of the trading

  area;

  • Plain Clothes security staff shall be employed at the premises as and when deemed

  necessary by the Licence Holder;

  • All staff will be trained in ‘Security Awareness’ as part of their induction training;

  • Staff to be instructed that alcohol may not be sold to any person who is believed to be

  drunk;

  • Notices to be displayed inside the premises stating that it is an offence for any person

  under 18 years of age to purchase alcohol;

  • Notices to be displayed inside the premises stating that a Challenge 25 policy is in

  force.

  • B & M operate a zero tolerance to aggressive and/or violent behaviour towards staff

  members.

   

  Public safety

   

  A fire risk assessment to be conducted and reviewed regularly in accordance with the requirements of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety Order) 2005.

   

  Prevention of public nuisance

   

  Area immediately in front of the store shall be inspected on a regular basis and management and staff shall use their best endeavours to prevent B & M customers from loitering in the said areas, persons refusing to move shall be subject of a report to the Police to facilitate safe dispersal.

   

  Protection of children from harm

   

  • Staff will be trained on induction (and undergo 3-monthly refresher training (in the

  form of a short written test)) in respect of the sale of all age restricted goods (including

  awareness/prevention of proxy sales, signs and symptoms of intoxication, dealing with

  refusal of sales and any subsequent confrontational behaviour from customers) - such

  training sessions to be documented and records made available to authorised persons

  from Responsible Authorities and kept on site for a minimum of 2 years.

   

  • A Challenge 25 scheme will be operated at the premises - the only form of valid

  identification being passport, photo driving licence, PASS hologram id card or Her

  Majestys Forces Warrant Card failure to supply such ID will result in no sale or supply

  of alcohol to that person.

   

  • The cash tills used for the sale of alcohol to have the benefit of an electronic "prompt"

  for operators in respect of age restricted sales.

   

  • To maintain an electronic refusals register for each store (backed up off-site)

  containing records of refusals of all age restricted products. The register shows the

  product and the employee who refused the sale. Refusals registers for each store will

  be printed, checked and signed by the DPS or duty manager on a weekly basis. Refusals records will be made available to any responsible authority on request.