West Northamptonshire Council

Food & Wine

73 Spencer Bridge Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN5 7DP

Completed application 082973 which is a Transfer Application for Premises Licence from 09/02/2023 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• the sale by retail of alcohol

Additional Conditions

• MANDATORY CONDITIONS

   

   

  19              Mandatory conditions where licence authorises 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.

   

• ANNEX 2 - ADDITIONAL MANDATORY CONDITIONS

   

  The following mandatory conditions are to be applied to the licence stated above in accordance with The Licensing Act 2003 (Mandatory Licensing Conditions) Order 2010 as attended by The Licensing Act 2003 (Mandatory Licensing Conditions) (Amendment) Order 2014.

   

  The following conditions shall come into force on 1st October 2014

   

  3. (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 of alcohol 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 out in accordance wit the age verification policy.

   

     (3) The policy must require individuals who appear to the responsible person to be under 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.

   

   

   

   

• The following mandatory conditions are to be applied to the licence stated above in accordance with The Licensing Act 2003 (Mandatory Licensing Conditions) Order 2014.

  The following conditions shall come into force on 28th May 2014

  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 + (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 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.  (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 prie 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.

   

• Conditons as Per Operating Schedule

   

  General - all four licensing conditions

   

  No alcohol or tobacco will ever be purchased from sellers calling at the premise. Exceptions to the condition would be purchases made from authorised representatives who have made prior appointments to visit the store.

  All alcohol and tobacco products sold at the premises shall have the relevant UK duty paid.

  Foreign tobacco, which does not comply with relevant UK legislation, shall not be stored and/or sold at the premise.

  Invoices, or copies of invoices, for all alcohol and tobacco purchases for the sale at the premises, will be retained and kept at the premises, and made available to officers from all responsible authorities upon request.

  If any tobacco products purchased for or on behalf of the business does not have UK Duty Paid fiscal mark or are otherwise suspicious, the licensee and/or designated premises supervisor shall notify the supplier to West Northamptonshire Council, Trading Standards and HMRC as soon as possible.

  All persons involved in the sale of alcohol ,who are not presonal licence holders, will receive initial and subsequent 6 monthly refresher training by the Designated Premises Supervisor or an appropriately accredited training provider with regards to the law in relation to the sale of alcohol. This will be recorded in a staff training register and will include, signature of the member of staff, the DPS or an appropriately accredited training provider together with the date.

  Training records will be maintained at the premises and made available to all responsible authorities on request.

   

  The Prevention of Crime & Disorder

   

  A CCTV system must be installed and operate internally to cover all areas that licensable activities take place and where alcohol is displayed within any public area.

  The CCTV unit shall be positioned in a secure part of the licensed premise. Access to the system should be allowed immediately to all responsible authorities upon request.

  A competent trained person in the use of and operation of the CCTV will be in attendance at the premises at all times that licensable activities take place and be able to fully operate the CCTV system to be able to down load in a recognised format any information requested by all responsible authorities.

  The CCTV system clock should be set correctly and maintained (taking account of GMT and BST).

  A facility will be available for the Police to remove from the CCTV system a copy of any material relevant to any ongoing Police investigation.

  All CCTV images will be retained for a period of not less than 31 day

  An incident register of all occurrences and ejections from the premises will be maintained at the premises and all details of public order offences will be recorded and made available to all responsible authorities on request.

  All Records shall be retained at the premises for a period of no less than 12 months and made available to responsible authorities on request.

   

  Public Safety

   

  Risk assessments will be carried out on an annual basis.

   

  The Prevention of Public Nuisance

   

  Prominent signs will be displayed requesting customers to have regard for local residents when leaving the premises.

  Adequate bins will be available for customers to dispose of litter.

   

   

  The Protection of Children from Harm

   

  A Challenge 25 policy will be adopted in order to reduce the potential for underage sales of age restricted products including alcohol. If a customer appears to be under 25 years of age and

  cannot prove that they are eligible to purchase the age restricted item with a valid UK or Ireland Photocard Driving Licence, a valid Passport or PASS accredited proof of age scheme card, they will be refused service.

  Challenge 25 posters will be displayed at the premises to reinforce this policy. Posters will be placed at; each till, each area alcohol is stocked and at the point of entry into the store. The

  posters will be displayed prominently and in sight of customers and staff.

  A Refusals Register is to be used to record all incidents when a sale is refused. The register is to be kept in the store at all times unless it is requested by authorised officers of responsible authorities. The Refusal/Challenge Register is to be checked and signed off by the Designated Premises Supervisor every two weeks.

  All staff, who are not personal licence holders, working at the premises involved in the sale of age restricted products including alcohol will receive on-going training and will be refreshed at least every 6 months. This will be recorded in a staff training register and will also include a written test of knowledge. The Training records must be made available to authorised officers of responsible authorities on request. Records shall be retained at the premises.