Mandatory conditions which came into force on 6 April 2010
1. (1) The responsible person shall take all reasonable steps to 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 in a manner which carries a significant risk of leading or contributing to crime and disorder, prejudice to public safety, public nuisance, or harm to children-
(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 (other than any promotion or discount available to an individual in respect of alcohol for consumption at a table meal, as defined in section 159 of the Act);
(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;
(d) provision of free or discounted alcohol in relation to the viewing on the premises of a sporting event, where that provision is dependent on-
(i) the outcome of a race, competition or other event or process, or
(ii) the likelihood of anything occurring or not occurring;
(e) 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.
2. The responsible person shall ensure that no alcohol is dispensed 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).
3. The responsible person shall ensure that free tap water is provided on request to customers where it is reasonably available.
Mandatory conditions which came into force on 1 October 2010
4. (1) The premises licence holder or club premises certificate holder shall ensure that an age verification policy applies to the premises in relation to the sale or supply of alcohol.
(2) 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 a holographic mark.
5. The responsible person shall 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; and
(b) customers are made aware of the availability of these measures.
Credit sales clubs - Embedded restriction
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 with and for consumption at a meal supplied at the same time, consumed with the meal and paid for together with the meal.
Conditions Consistent with the Applicant’s Operating Schedule
General
The over consumption of alcohol has never been encouraged and would not be allowed.
Alcoholic drinks would not be served to anyone who was not eligible.
Very few children come to the club and those that do are accompanied by their parents. Alcohol would never be served to a minor.
The purpose of the club is to provide a venue for the game of bowls and the facility to enjoy a drink prior, during or after the game. It is not seen as a licensed premises and would never be run as such.
If the club is used for any event not connected with bowls, a member(s) of the club is/are always present and the bar, if required, is manned by a club member.
The Prevention of Crime and Disorder
Since the majority of people using the club’s premises are members of bowling clubs, they are not the sort of people to engage in any sort of public disorder.
The Committee are conscious of the well being of the club and they do ensure that the appropriate safeguards are in place.
Public Safety
All aspects of health and safety have been checked and brought up to date where necessary.
The premises are all at ground level and fire exits are kept free.
Provision for the disabled is available and health and safety requirements are regularly checked.
The Prevention of Public Nuisance
The provision of music, live or recorded has never been played at such a pitch that it could be heard outside the premises.
Bowls is not a noisy game and players in the main are elderly.
There has never been any suggestion that the membership, or visitors, have caused any difficulties or offence in the surrounding area.
All club members, or visitors, leaving the club are aware of the need to leave quietly if it is an evening function.
The Protection of Children from Harm
The only young children that attend the club are in the care of their parents even when they are playing bowls.
We have a few young players under 20, but they are sons or daughters of players and as such are in the care of all members of the club if there was a rare occasion when their parent/carer was not present.