ANNEXE 2
CONDITIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE OPERATING SCHEDULE
Conditions Added from Operating Schedule
General
1. The licencees must ensure that the premises do not become overcrowded.
2. The maximum number of persons allowed in the dining and lounge rooms shall not exceed 250 persons (ground floor).
3. The licencees must ensure orderly conduct.
4. The hours for which the premises will be open must be clearly displayed with confirmation of times for the supply of alcohol and late night refreshment to non-residents.
5. The premises must be adequately lit, ventilated and all fire precautions must be observed.
The Prevention of Crime and Disorder
1. An incident book must be kept and recorded with details of all incidents of public disorder.
2. Staff must be trained to be vigilant and regularly supervise the premises indoor and out to check orderly conduct.
3. Proof of age must be asked for and necessary for the supply of alcohol to patrons.
Public Safety
1. Fire safety measures with which the premises are provided, must be maintained in good working order and their adequacy must be determined on a regular basis by the carrying out of a fire risk assessment as required by and in accordance with the fire precautions (workplace) regulations.
2. The licencees must at all times maintain a safe level of occupancy.
3. All exit doors must be easily openable without the use of a key, card, code or similar means and will be available for egress while the public are on the premises.
4. Means of escape must be maintained, unobstructed, immediately available and identifiable.
5. Exit doors must be regularly checked to ensure they function satisfactorily.
6. Records of these checks must be kept and produced on request.
7. Any removable security fastenings must be removed whenever the premises are open to the public or staff.
8. All gangways, exit routes and steps must maintain non-slippery and even surfaces.
9. All floor coverings must be secured and maintained so they will not ruck.
10. Hangings/curtains and temporary decorations must be maintained in flame-retardant condition.
11. Curtains, hangings and temporary decorations must not obstruct exits.
12. Fire safety signs or fire fighting equipment notices detailing any actions to be taken in the event of fire or other emergency must be properly displayed and maintained in good condition.
13. Access must be provided for emergency vehicles and this access must be kept clear and free from obstruction.
14. An evacuation policy must be in place to the satisfaction of the fire authority. All staff members must be trained in the evacuation policy.
15. Exit doors must open outward (or must be secured in the open position).
16. Fire alarms, fire fighting equipment must be serviced and tested annually by an approved contractor.
17. The electrical system, must be inspected and tested annually by a competent person to ensure safety.
18. Where temporary electrical equipment is to be used, a suitable circuit breaker must be installed to cover this equipment. The circuit breaker shall operate at a current not exceeding 30 MA and should comply with BS 4293. The device shall be tested monthly and tests shall be recorded.
19. Temporary electrical wiring and distribution systems must not be installed unless inspected by a suitable qualified electrician. Temporary electrical wiring and distribution systems must comply with BS 7671 or where applicable BS 7909.
20. The gas system including appliances must be inspected and tested by Corgi Registered Gas Engineer annually and a satisfactory gas safety certificate shall be obtained. All safety certificates and inspection reports must be kept on site and made available for inspection by officers of relevant statutory bodies.
21. Cellar Gas System maintenance, testing and staff training in accordance with the Pressure Vessel Regulations and Carbon Dioxide alarm must be fitted to the cellar.
22. Free drinking water must be available at all times.
23. When disabled people are present, adequate arrangements must exist to enable their safe evacuation in the event of an emergency. Review and assessment of accessibility in line with the Disability Discrimination Act must be complete and kept on the premises.
24. The licensees must ensure that at all times there are adequate first aid arrangements. The licensees arrangements for first aid provision shall include a first aid box, an adequate and appropriate supply of first aid equipment and materials to be used by patrons. Suitable protective equipment shall be provided to deal with hypodermic needles, blood spillages and other body fluids. Procedures shall be in place to ensure that body fluids are dealt with in a safe manner to avoid the risk of communicable diseases.
25. Gangways, exit routes and steps must be maintained in good order with non-slippery surfaces; edges of steps and stairwells shall be conspicuously marked.
26. Means of addressing patrons during operating hours, which can be heard above entertainment, or as a means of interrupting the entertainment and making important safety announcements must be available.
27. Noise or vibration must not emanate from the premises such as to cause patrons in the neighbourhood to be unreasonably disturbed.
28. All extranal doors and windows must be kept shut where possible, other than for access and egress, in all rooms when events involving amplified music or speech or other entertainment likely to give rise to noise are taking place.
29. Sufficient ventilation must be provided so as to ensure that doors and windows can be kept closed, where possible.
30. Suitable signage at all relevant exits requesting that patrons make as little noise as possible when leaving the premises must be displayed.
31. Patrons must be asked not to stand around talking in the street outside the premises or any car park; and asked to leave the vicinity quickly and quietly.
32. An announcement must be made prior to closing requesting patrons' co-operation in leaving the premises and vicinity as quietly and quickly as possible.
33. The volume of amplified sound used in connection with the entertainment must at all times be under control of the management.
The Prevention of Public Nuisance
1. Noise or vibration must not emanate from the premises such as to cause persons in the neighbourhood to be unreasonably disturbed.
2. All external doors and windows must be kept shut where possible, other than for access and egress, in all rooms when events involving amplified music or speech or other entertainment likely to give rise to noise are taking place.
3. Sufficient ventilation must be provided so as to ensure that doors and windows can be kept closed, where possible.
4. Suitable signage at all relevant exits requesting that patrons make as little noise as possible when leaving the premises must be displayed.
5. Patrons must be asked not to stand around talking in the street outside the premises or any car park; and asked to leave the vicinity quickly and quietly.
6. An announcement must be made prior to closing requesting patrons' co-operation in leaving the premises and vicinity as quietly and quickly as possible.
7. The volume of amplified sound used in connectoin with the entertainment must at all times be under control of the management.
8. Provision of mechanical ventilation and air conditioning systems must not allow noise breakout from premises or cause a nuisance by its operation. Where plant and machinery has the potential to cause a noise problem it must be positioned in such a way that the building structure provides as much screening as possible for nearby noise-sensitive properties. Alternatively, or additionally, control measures such as acoustic enclosures, acoustic louvers, silencers, or accoustic screening shall be considered.
9. Regular maintenance must be carried out on a plant and machinery to ensure that noise disturbance from such sources is kept to a minimum.
10. Regard must be had to BS 4142 rating industrial noise affecting mixed residential and industrial areas and the institute of accoustic good practice guide on the control of noise from pubs and clubs.
11. The delivery of goods must be restricted to the following times - between 0800 and 1700hrs.
12. The handling of beer kegs, bottles and other similiar items must not take place in the late evening, at night and during the early morning, when the noise generated could cause a nuisance particularly outside buildings.
13. Bottle skips and bins containing cans or bottles must not be emptied outside after closing but shall be dealt with the next day during normal office hours (save as for Sundays and New Years Day).
14. The movement of bins and rubbish outside the premises must be kept to a minimum/prohibited after 5pm.
The Protection of Children From Harm
1. A proof of age policy agreed by the police and local authority must be enforced.
2. Children are only allowed on the premises with an adult and must be supervised.
Restrictions transferred from the On Licence
The restrictions related to permitted hours do not prohibit:
(a) during the first twenty minutes after the above hours the consumption of the alcohol on the premises;
(b) 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;
(c) 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;
(d) consumption of the alcohol on the premises or the taking of sale or supply of alcohol to any person residing in the licensed premises;
(e) the ordering of alcohol to be consumed off the premises, or the despatch by the vendor of the alcohol so ordered;
(f) the sale of alcohol to a trader or club for the purpose of the trade or club.
(g) 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;
(h) the taking of alcohol from the premises by a person residing there; or
(i) 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
(j) 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 alcohol so supplied, if the liquor is supplied at the expense of the employer or of the person carrying on or in charge of the business on the premises.
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:
(a) with and for consumption at a meal supplied at the same time, consumed with the meal and paid for together with the meal;
(b) for consumption by a person residing in the premises or his guest and paid for together with his accommodation;
(c) to a canteen or mess.