Embedded Conditions
Alcohol shall not be sold or supplied except during permitted hours.
In this condition, permitted hours means:
) On weekdays, other than Christmas Day, Good Friday or New Year’s Eve, 10.00 hours to 23.00 hours
) On Sundays, other than Christmas Day or New Year’s Eve, 12.00 hours (noon) to 22.30 hours
) On Good Friday, 12.00 hours (noon) to 22.30 hours
) On Christmas Day, 12.00 hours (noon) to 15.00 hours and 19.00 hours to 22.30 hours
) On New Year’s Eve, except on a Sunday, 11.00 hours to 23.00 hours
) On New Year’s Eve on a Sunday, 12.00 hours (noon) to 22.30 hours
) 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, 00.00 hours (midnight) on 31st December).
The above restrictions do not prohibit:
) During the first twenty minutes after the above hours the consumption of the alcohol on the premises;
) during the first twenty minutes after the above hours, the taking of the alcohol from the premises unless the alcohol is supplied or taken in an open vessel;
) during the first thirty minutes after the above hours the consumption of the alcohol on the premises by persons taking meals there if the alcohol was supplied for consumption as ancillary to the meals;
) consumption of the alcohol on the premises or the taking of sale or supply of alcohol to any person residing in the licensed premises;
) the ordering of alcohol to be consumed off the premises, or the despatch by the vendor of the alcohol so ordered;
) the sale of alcohol to a trader or club for the purposes of the trade or club;
) 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;
) the taking of alcohol from the premises by a person residing there; or
) 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
) 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
On New Year’s Eve alcohol may be sold 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, 00.00 hours (midnight) on 31st December)
An additional hour to the standard times on the day when British Summertime commences
Credit Sales
Alcohol shall not be sold or supplied unless it is paid for before or at the time when it is sold or supplied, except alcohol sold or supplied with and for consumption at a meal supplied at the same time, consumed with the meal and paid for together with the meal
Special Hours Certificate
(1) Subject to the following paragraphs, the permitted hours on weekdays shall extend until 02.00 hours in the morning following except that-
(a) the permitted hours shall end at 00.00 hours (midnight) on any day on which music and dancing is not provided after 00.00 hours (midnight); and
(b) on any day that music and dancing end between 00.00 hours (midnight) and 02.00 hours in the morning, the permitted hours shall end when the music and dancing end
(2) In relation to the morning on which summer time begins, paragraph (1) of this condition shall have effect with the substitution of references to 03.00 hours in the morning for references to 02.00 hours in the morning
(3) Except as provided in (4) below, the permitted hours on Sundays shall extend until 02.00 hours in the morning following except that-
(a) the permitted hours shall end at 00.00 hours (midnight) on any Sunday on which music and dancing is not provided after 00.00 hours (midnight);
(b) where music and dancing end between 00.00 hours (midnight) on any Sunday and 00.30 (thirty minutes past midnight), the permitted hours on that Sunday shall end when the music and dancing end
(4) On Sundays immediately before bank holidays other than Easter Sunday, the permitted hours shall extend until 02.00 hours (in the morning) following except that-
(a) the permitted hours shall end at 00.00 hours (midnight) on any Sunday on which music and dancing is not provided after 00.00 hours (midnight);
(b) where music and dancing end between 00.00 hours (midnight) on any Sunday and 02.00 hours (in the morning), the permitted hours on that Sunday shall end when the music and dancing end
(5) The sale of alcohol must be ancillary to the use of the premises for music and dancing and substantial refreshment.
NO Children’s Certificate
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 that is not a bar and to or from some part of the premises where there is no 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 holding of the licence is ancillary.
In this condition “bar” includes any place exclusively or mainly used for the consumption of intoxicating liquor. However, 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.
Mandatory conditions where licence authorises the supply of alcohol
(1) No supply of alcohol may be made under the premises licence -
(a) at a time when there is no designated premises supervisor in respect of the premises licence, or
(b) at a time when the designated premises supervisor does not hold a personal licence or his personal licence is suspended.
(2) The supply of alcohol under the premises licence must be made or authorised by a person who holds a personal licence
Mandatory condition where Door Supervisors are provided
All individuals who carry out security activities must be licensed by the Security Industry Authority (SIA)