Annex 1 - Mandatory Conditions
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. Every supply of alcohol under the premises licence must be made or authorised by a person who holds a personal licence.
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.
5. (1) The premises licence 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.
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.
7. Prohibition on Sale of Alcohol below Cost of Duty plus VAT
(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 purposes of the condition set out in paragraph (1) -
(a) “duty” is to be construed in accordance with the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979;
(b) “permitted price” is the price found by applying the formula -
P = D + (D x V)
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 premises licence -
(i) the holder of the premises licence,
(ii) the designated premises 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) “valued 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) (a) Sub-paragraph (b) below 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.
(b) 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.
Exhibition of Films
1. Admission of children to the exhibition of any film is to be restricted in accordance with the recommendations made by the specified film classification body.
2. Where -
(a) the film classification body is not specified in the licence, or
(b) the relevant licensing authority has notified the holder of the licence that this subsection applies to the film in question,
admission of children must be restricted in accordance with any recommendation made by that licensing authority.
3. In this section -
“children” means persons aged under 18; and
“film classification body” means the person or persons designated as the authority under section 4 of the Video Recordings Act 1984 (c.39) (authority to determine suitability of video works for classification).
Door Supervision
1. Any person(s) required to be on the premises to carry out a security activity must be authorised to carry out that activity by a licence granted under the Private Security Industry Act 2001 or be entitled to carry out that activity by virtue of Section 4 of that Act.
Annex 2 - Conditions consistent with the Operating Schedule
1. The premises will have written policies and procedures in respect of the prevention of underage drinking, drug use and drug dealing, deterring knife crime and dealing with violent incidents. These policies will be kept in electronic and written form in a folder in the premises office and made available to any authorised officer.
2. All staff shall be fully trained to perform their role. They shall also be trained in the contents of the premises licence including times of operation, licensable activities and all conditions. Training shall be recorded in documentary form that will be available for inspection at the request at all reasonable times by an authorised officer from a relevant responsible authority and/or Police Officer. The records will be retained for at least 12 months
3. On those occasions where the premises are open beyond 22.00 for a licensable activity there shall be a minimum of 4 SIA registered door supervisors on duty. They shall remain on duty whilst the premises are open to the public. SIA badges on display at all times to clearly identify them as door supervisors. A logbook will be kept that all door supervisors must sign indicating when they came on duty and when the ceased to be on duty.
4. Any incidents of crime and disorder witnessed by staff will be recorded in an incident book/electronic log and reported to Merseyside Police in a timely manner. The time and nature of the incident shall be recoded, including any action taken by members of staff. Incidents recorded shall be retained for 12 months. The incident book/log shall be made available for inspection at all reasonable times by any authorised officer.
5. A zero tolerance drugs policy shall be adopted by the premises in order to deter and prevent drug use or drug dealing. In particular, toilets will be regularly visited to check for signs of drug use. Any person found using drugs will be required to leave the premises.
6. The premises will operate a policy to deter and prevent knife crime. This will involve random searching of customers, including the use of a ‘knife-wand’.
7. CCTV shall be installed at the premises in the form of a recordable system capable of providing clear, good quality images in all lighting conditions. Cameras shall encompass all entrances and exits to the premises, any external seating or smoking areas, all areas where the sale, supply or consumption of alcohol occurs and all other areas where licensable activities take place. Equipment shall be maintained in good working order and any faults or breakdown rectified as soon as reasonably practicable. The system will be checked on a regular basis to ensure it displays the correct time and date. The system shall record in real time and operate whilst the premises are open to the public.
The recordings shall be retained for a period of 31 days and made available to any authorised officer on reasonable request for evidential purposes, in accordance with Data Protection Legislation. The recording equipment shall be kept in a secure environment under the control of the Premises Licence Holder or other responsible, named individual. There shall be sufficient members of trained staff available to be able to download or view CCTV evidence with the minimum of delay at the reasonable request of an authorised officer.
8. The premises will operate an ‘Ask for Angela’ policy to help protect vulnerable women from harassment.
9. All drinks shall be served in non-glass containers.
10. The premises will place a Quiet Notice at all exits reminding patrons to make as little noise as possible when leaving the premises.
11. The phone numbers of taxi and private hire firms will be prominently displayed to assist in the rapid dispersal of customers when they leave the premises.
12. No deliveries will take place before 09:00 or after 22:00 hours.
13. Rubbish and bottle skips will only be emptied outside the premises between 09: and 22:00 hours.
14. Challenge 21 will be adopted as the proof of age policy. All members of staff engaged in the sale of alcohol at the premises shall seek credible, photographic proof of age evidence from any person who appears to be less than 21 years of age and is seeking to purchase alcohol. Such credible evidence, which shall include a photograph of the customer, will either be a passport, Military ID, photographic driving licence or proof of age card, carrying a Pass logo and hologram. Any sales refusals shall be recorded. Challenge 21 posters will be displayed in overt locations.
15. Management of the premises will give Merseyside police 14 days notice via email, prior to any boxing and wrestling including MMA and any other combats sports. Emails to be sent to the Merseyside police licensing unit at licensing.unit@merseyside.police.uk
This notice is to include
The fighters full name and date of birth and competitors gym or club affiliation if applicable.
The measures that will be in place to ensure the safety and welfare of competitors, including medical facilities and qualified staff provision.
During boxing/boxing type events, a minimum of 4 sia registered door supervisors will be on duty during the event until the premises closes. Knife wands will be in use during boxing/boxing type events for all persons entering the venue. During boxing and sporting events, all drinks are to be sold and dispensed into polycarbonate glasses. No glass bottles or glassware will be used in the licensed premises.
Annex 3 - Conditions attached after a hearing by the licensing authority
Not applicable
Annex 4 - Plans
See plan drawing number 051/01, 051/02 deposited with the minor variation application of the 11th August 2023 & 051/03 (all undated), deposited with the premises licence application and retained by Licensing and Public Protection.