Royal Kings Arms Hotel

75 Market Street, Lancaster, LA1 1JG

Premises Licence LAPLWA0282 from from 24/04/2021 to 29/02/2024

Licence holder(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• a performance of live music
• any playing of recorded music
• provision of late night refreshment
• 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.

   

  Irresponsible Drinks Promotions - Mandatory Conditions

   

  3.              (1)              The responsible person must 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-

   

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

   

                              (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 must ensure that free potable water is provided on request to customers where it is reasonably available.

   

  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.

   

   

  Availability of different Measures - Mandatory Condition

   

  6.              The responsible person must 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;

   

                (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.

   

  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)

                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;

   

  (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

   

   

  Mandatory condition where Door Supervisors are provided

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

   

• Non standard timings

  On New Year’s Eve licensable activities may take place from the end of permitted hours on New Year’s Eve to the start of permitted hours on the following day

  An additional hour to the standard times on the day when British Summertime commences

  To authorise, without any time restriction, the sale of alcohol by retail:

  )          to any person staying at the premises, for consumption either on or off the premises;

  )          to any guest of a person staying at the premises, for consumption on the premises; and

  to persons employed at the premises for the purpose of the business carried on there, if the alcohol is supplied at the expense of their employer or of the person carrying on or in charge of the business on the premises, for consumption on the premises

• Conditions consistent with operating schedule

   

  1.              The provision of late night refreshment is only for consumption on the premises within those indoor areas used for the consumption of alcohol

  2.   Other than Gaming Machines there will be no provision of any adult entertainment services, activities, other entertainment or matters ancillary to the use of the premises that may give rise to concern in respect of children

   

  Prevention of crime and disorder

   

                Any person who looks or appears to be under the age of 21 shall be asked to provide identification that they are over the age of 18.  The following are the only forms of identification acceptable: UK photo driving licence, Passport, PASS card (proof of age standards scheme).

   

                -              CCTV is installed and will be maintained, with images retained and made available to the police on reasonable request.

                -              The toilets are checked on a regular basis.  The licencees/staff regularly monitor customer behaviour.

                -              Zero tolerance drugs policy in operation

   

  Public safety

   

                Regular checks are carried out on the fire escape routes to ensure that they are not obstructed.

   

                All staff are fully trained in fire safety procedures.  There is an extensive Health & Safety policy in place.

   

                There are current electrical test inspection certificates in place.  The premises is equipped with emergency lighting, exit signage and a smoke detection system.

   

                Maximum permitted occupancy level for regulated entertainment will be:

   

                -              Library Informal Seating 100 Restaurant 0 Closely Seated 0;

                -              Lounge Bar Informal Seating 100 Restaurant 0 Closely Seating 0;

                -              Restaurant Informal Seating 100 Restaurant 0 Closely Seated 0;

                -              Total capacity not to exceed 300.

   

                Crypt Bar

                The maximum occupation allowed on these premises will be 100 persons.

   

  Prevention of public nuisance

   

                Anyone found to be creating a nuisance in the immediate vicinity of the premises will be asked to leave/banned if necessary.

   

                Patrons will not be allowed to remove drinks from the premises at the end of the evening.

   

       The outside area must cease being used for consumption of alcohol from 22:00 hours

   

                The outside area to close from 22:30 hours.

   

                Staff must monitor the outside area on a regular basis to ensure noise levels are kept to a minimum

   

                Signage to be erected requesting patrons to respect residents and guests by keeping noise to a minimum

   

   

  Protection of children from harm

   

                Any AWP machine and any cigarette machine will be positioned in such a way that it can be easily seen and monitored.