Mandatory Conditions
- Alcohol shall not be sold or supplied except during permitted hours.
In this condition, permitted hours means:
a. On weekdays, other than Christmas Day, Good Friday or New Year’s Eve, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.
b. On Sundays, other than Christmas Day or New Year’s Eve, 12 noon to 10.30 p.m.
c. On Good Friday, 12 noon to 10.30 p.m.
d. On Christmas Day, 12 noon to 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 10.30 p.m.
e. On New Year’s Eve, except on a Sunday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
f. On New Year’s Eve on a Sunday, 12 noon to 10.30 p.m
g. On New Year’s Eve from the end of permitted hours on New Year’s Eve to the start of permitted hours on the following day, which would be 11.00 a.m. if New Year’s Day falls on a weekday or 12 noon if a Sunday.
- The restrictions on times that this Licence authorises the sale of alcohol by retail, do not prohibit:
a. 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;
b. consumption of the alcohol on the premises or the taking of sale or supply of alcohol to any person residing in the licensed premises;
c. the ordering of alcohol to be consumed off the premises, or the despatch by the vendor of the alcohol so ordered;
d. the sale of alcohol to a trader or club for the purposes of the trade or club;
e. 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;
f. the taking of alcohol from the premises by a person residing there; or
g. 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
h. 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 liquor so supplied, if the liquor is supplied at the expense of their employer or of the person carrying on or in charge of the business on the premises.
- Alcohol may be sold or supplied [for one hour following the hours set out above] [and on Christmas day, between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.] to persons taking table meals in the premises in a part of the premises usually set apart for the service of such persons and for consumption by such a person in that part of the premises as an ancillary to his meal. For other purposes or in other parts of the premises the hours set out above shall continue to apply.
- Alcohol shall not be sold or supplied unless suitable beverages other than alcohol (including drinking water) are equally available for consumption with or otherwise as an ancillary to meals served in the premises.
- Alcohol shall not be sold or supplied:
a. unless the premises have been structurally and bona fide used, or intended to be used, for the purposes of habitually providing the customary main meal at midday or in the evening, or both, for the accommodation of persons frequenting the premises;
b. on the premises otherwise than to persons taking table meals there and for consumption by such a person as an ancillary to his meal.
- Every retail sale or supply of alcohol made under this licence must be made or authorised by a person who holds a personal licence.
- No supply of alcohol may be made under this licence:
a. At a time when there is no designated premises supervisor in respect of it or,
b. At a time when the designated premises supervisor does not hold a personal licence or his personal licence is suspended.