Annex 1 - Mandatory conditions
S 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,
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 directly by one person into the mouth of another (other than where that
other person is unable to drink without assistance by reason of a 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 or club premises certificate 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
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(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.
Minimum Drinks Pricing
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 amount 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
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(e) "value 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 price 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.
