East Devon District Council

Beer Youth Hostel

Bovey Combe, Townsend, Beer, SEATON, Devon, EX12 3LL

Premises Licence PLWA0532 from from 24/11/2005 to indefinite

Licence holder(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• a performance of a play
• an exhibition of a film
• an indoor sporting event
• a performance of live music
• any playing of recorded music
• a performance of dance
• entertainment of a similar description to that falling within a performance of live music, any playing of recorded music or a performance of dance
• provision of late night refreshment
• the supply of alcohol

Additional Conditions

• ANNEXE 1 - MANDATORY CONDITIONS

   

  1.              (a)              There shall be no sale or supply of alcohol when there is no designated premises supervisor in respect of this premises licence or at a time when the said premises supervisor does not hold a personal licence or when his/her licence is suspended.

  (b)              Every supply of alcohol under the premises licence must be made or authorised by a person who holds a personal licence.

  2.              (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 alcohol directly by one person into the mouth of another (other than where that other person is unable to drink without assistance by reason of disability).

  3.              The responsible person must ensure that free potable water is provided on request to customers where it is reasonably available.

  4.              (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 policy.

  (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.

  5.              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.”

  6.              (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 7(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 + (D×V)

  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 question; and

  (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.

  7.              (a)              Admission of children (under the age of 18) to any exhibition of films must be restricted in accordance with the film classification applied by the body designated as the authority under Section 4 of the Video Recordings Act 1984.

  (b)              Where the film classification is not specified or where the Licensing Authority notifies the licence holder that Section 20(3) (b) applies to the film in question, admission of children must be restricted in accordance with any recommendations made by the Licensing Authority.

   

   

   

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  ANNEXE 2 - CONDITIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE OPERATING SCHEDULE

   

  1.              No licensable activities must be provided between the hours of 11:00 pm and 10:00 am the following day other than to

                1. Residents

                2. Bonafide guests of residents

                3. Persons attending a bonafide function booked at least 48 hours in advance.

  2.              The premises must maintain a security policy which must be reviewed on a regular basis.

  3.              The premises must maintain a health and safety policy which must be reviewed on a regular basis.

  4.              Noise & vibration must not emanate from the premises so as to cause a nuisance to nearby properties.

  5.              The premises must maintain a child protection policy which must be reviewed on a regular basis.

  6.              A proof of age policy agreed in writing by the Licensing Authority must be enforced.

  7.              No one other than residents and staff must be allowed to remain on the premises between the hours of 12.30 am and 10.00 am. 

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  ANNEXE 3 - CONDITIONS ATTACHED AFTER A HEARING BY THE LICENSING AUTHORITY

   

  1.              An incident book must be maintained within which full details of all occurrences of disorder and refused alcohol sales at the premises must be recorded.  The incident book must be kept on the premises at all times and must be made available for inspection by officers of both the Licensing Authority and the police.

  2.              The licence holder must ensure that all staff is aware of the social and legal obligations and their responsibilities regarding the sale of alcohol.

  3.              The licence holder must ensure that staff regularly patrols the premises both indoors and out to supervise the orderly conduct of patrons.

  4.              Prominent, legible notices requesting people to leave the premises and the area quietly must be displayed at all exists.

  5.              The licence holder, or persons authorised by them, must control the volume of regulated entertainment taking place at the premises.

  6.              A noise limiter must be installed to the satisfaction of the Council’s Environmental Health Service within a period of three months from 7 January 2008 and must be maintained thereafter.

  7.              No more than 50 people must be present at the premises when licensable activities take place.

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  ANNEXE 4 - PLAN APPROVED BY THE LICENSING AUTHORITY

   

  1.              The licensable activities authorised by this licence must be confined to the areas on the Youth Hostel’s ground floor that are outlined in RED on the plan deposited with and approved by the Licensing Authority.

Premises Plans

• Plan - Beer Youth Hostel - Page 1 of 1