PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT LICENCE STANDARD CONDITIONS - 2000 REVISION
1. SANITARY EQUIPMENT AND CLEANLINESS
(a) All parts of the Premises, including fittings, shall be kept clean to the satisfaction of the Council.
(b) Suitable and sufficient sanitary accommodation shall be provided. All lavatories, wash hand basins, water closets and urinals shall at all times be properly maintained in good order and repair, effectively cleansed, ventilated and supplied with water and all necessary requisites. All doors leading thereto shall be suitably marked.
2. ENTRANCES, EXITS, GANGWAYS, FASTENINGS AND NOTICES
(a) The exits in the Premises shall be clearly indicated and maintained to afford the public ready and ample means of safe escape.
(b) In all such premises where it is deemed necessary by the Council and the Fire Service, a diagramatic plan showing clearly the escape routes and the seating pattern shall be deposited with the Council and a copy displayed within the main entrance to the Premises.
(c) All exit doors shall be kept unlocked and available for exit during the whole time that the public are on the Premises, provided that any person leaving during a performance or exhibition may be directed to certain exits at the discretion of the management.
(d) Exit doors shall open in the direction of exit travel. Any doors which have been permitted by the Council to open inwards shall be locked in the open position when the Licence is in force and the public are on the premises. The key shall be removed to a safe place not accessible to members of the public.
(e) All exit doors must, if fastened during the time the public are on the Premises, be secured during such time by automatic bolts only, of a pattern to be approved by the Council and the Fire Service. Doors secured by such bolts shall be clearly marked ``PUSH BAR TO OPEN'' in block letters not less that 20 mm. and preferably 50 mm. in height immediately above or below the push bar.
(f) All doors and fastenings shall at all times be kept in proper working order.
(g) All exits shall be indicated by the word ``EXIT'' in plain block lettering not less than 125 mm. high placed above any door or opening leading to any exit. This notice should be placed between 2 m. and 2.5 m. from the floor.
(h) The word ``PRIVATE'' or the description of the room to which the door leads shall be painted in letters not less than 25 mm. in height on any door which is in view of the persons present and which does not lead to an exit.
(i) Exit routes shall be maintained free from obstruction at all times, and in particular, no provision for hanging clothing or storing any article shall be made in corridors, passageways, gangways or exitways.
(j) All floors, stairs and steps shall be maintained with non-slippery and even surfaces and any floor covering shall be so secured and maintained that it will not ruck or be in any way a source of danger. Mats shall be sunk so as to be flush with the surface of the floor. The nosings and treads of stairs used by the public shall be kept in good repair and shall be conspicuous.
(k) Persons must not be allowed to stand, sit or otherwise remain in any gangway or exitway.
(l) Curtains shall not be hung across gangways, exitways or over staircases. Where hung over doorways or across corridors, they shall draw easily from the centre and slide freely and shall be clear of the floor.
(m) Before the public is admitted to the Premises, the Licensee shall inspect or cause to be inspected all doors, exits and exitways to ensure that the same shall comply with these requirements and that all fastenings and bolts are in proper working order.
3. ELECTRICAL, LIGHTING, HEATING AND VENTILATION ARRANGEMENTS
(a) The whole of the electrical installation of the Premises shall be installed in a safe and satisfactory manner and shall be maintained in good working order. No work shall be carried out on the system except by a suitably qualified and competent electrician.
(b) It shall be the duty of the Licensee to arrange an inspection of the whole of the electrical installation in the premises at least once in each three year period (or such shorter period as shall have been stipulated in writing by the Council). Such inspection shall be carried out by a competent electrician who shall be required to issue a Certificate of Fitness which must be produced to the Council as required.
(c) The Licensee shall obtain a Certificate of Fitness for all temporary electrical installations, including all electrical appliances in the auditorium. A copy of each certificate shall be available on the Premises, while the installation is extant, and it shall be produced to the Council as required. Such installation shall only be carried out by a competent person and be intrinsically safe.
(d) All temporary electrical installations shall be disconnected from the permanent installation immediately after each occasion on which they are used and shall be entirely removed immediately the need therefore has ceased.
(e) All wires, cables and conduits from such temporary installations shall be installed in such a way that they shall not be liable to snagging, looping or damage and so become a danger to persons present.
(f) A record shall be kept of Certificates of Fitness obtained
(g) The current regulations of the Institution of Electrical Engineers for the electrical equipment shall be taken as a standard for the electrical installation generally.
(h) A sensitive Earth Leakage Protection System (Residual Current Device) having a rated residual operating current of not exceeding 30 milliamps shall be installed and maintained as part of the fixed power circuit installation. The device shall be regularly tested (at least once a month) and a record of such tests kept in a log book and produced to the Council as required.
(i) A nominated person conversant with the position of and procedures for dealing with the electrical installation is to be available at all times when the public are on the Premises.
(j) Where entertainers require a three phase supply, all such equipment shall be installed only by a competent electrical contractor.
(k) All parts of the premises shall be adequately illuminated and, except where otherwise permitted by the Council, those portions to which the public has access and all routes of escape for performers and staff shall be provided with adequate means of illumination from two independent sources.
(l) The emergency lighting shall at all times when the public are upon the Premises be maintained in working order and so kept in use (except in such parts as are for the time being adequately lit by daylight) that it is adequate to enable the public to see their way out of the Premises and clear of the building.
(m) The emergency lighting shall not be controllable from the stage nor from any place accessible to the public.
(n) The emergency lighting shall be maintained to British Standard 5266, be tested regularly, at least once a month, and a record kept of such tests, such record to provided to the Council as required.
(o) In the event of failure of the general lighting, the public shall be required to leave the Premises forthwith.
(p) In the event of the failure of the emergency lighting, the auditorium shall be immediately fully illuminated by the general lighting and the public shall be required to leave the Premises forthwith.
(q) Any batteries supplying emergency lighting shall be fully charged before the public are admitted to the Premises. They shall be of such capacity and so maintained as to be capable of supplying at normal voltage the full load of the emergency lighting during the time required for "safe escape" of the public in an emergency.
(r) When the public has been required to leave the Premises owing to a failure covered by these provisions, they shall not be readmitted until the general lighting or emergency lighting, as the case may be, failure of which was the reason for their being required to leave, shall have been fully restored.
(s) All lighting to exit notices shall be maintained in good repair and shall not in any circumstances be extinguished or dimmed while the public are on the Premises.
(t) In all cases where it is desired to install temporary lighting, notice must be given to the Council, in writing, at least 48 hours before the desired commencement of any work.,
(u) All temporary work must be immediately removed when no longer required for the purpose for which it was installed.
(v) All parts of the premises shall be kept properly and sufficiently ventilated to the satisfaction of the Council and, in those places where it is required for the purposes of the evacuation of smoke, the system shall be installed and maintained to the satisfaction of the Devon Fire and Rescue Service.