Cumberland CouncilCivic Centre

Iceland Foods Ltd

Unit 3A, St Nicholas Retail Park, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA1 2EA

Completed application 018845 which is a New Application for Premises Licence from 03/06/2014 to indefinite

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• the supply of alcohol

Additional Conditions

• ANNEX 1 - MANDATORY CONDITIONS

   

  Mandatory conditions where licence authorises the 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 licence, or

  (b) at a time when the designated premises supervisor does not hold a personal licence or his personal licence is suspended.

   

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

   

  The following conditions shall apply from 1st October 2010

   

  (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.

   

  The following conditions shall apply from 28th May 2014

   

  (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(6);

   

  (b)              “permitted price” is the price found by applying the formula -

   

  P = D + (D x V)

   

  Where -

   

  (i)              P is the permitted price,

  (ii)  D is the rate 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)              “valued added tax” means value added tax charged in accordance with the Value Added Tax Act 1994(7).

   

   

• ANNEX 2 - CONDITIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE OPERATING SCHEDULE

   

  a) General

        The applicant has been trading and operating Off-Licensed premises since 1970, and currently trades from c. 770 similar outlets.  The applicant is a licensed and approved training examination provider for the NCPLH/NCDPS and previously held a similar accreditation for the NCL/SLC qualifications from their inception.  The applicant has comprehensive and appropriate written policies to cover all aspects of its trading operations including those which pertain to the sale of alcoholic products.

   

  b) The Prevention of Crime and Disorder

        Comprehensive written organisational policies are implemented throughout the business and where it is necessary or required to do so appropriate training of colleagues is supplied.  Legal, Security and Health and Safety or other professional advice is available to all branch colleagues and is provided centrally via the Company Head Office.

        The company operates a Challenge 25 policy and all cashier staff are trained in respect of this policy, and acceptable forms of identification (passport, photo driving licence, PASS approved proof of age cards).  Appropriate signage is displayed in store and a till prompt system requires the cashier to physically confirm that the purchaser is over 18 years of age whenever an age restricted product is scanned.

        In relation to age restricted sales, the company will implement and maintain a refusals log system which will be regularly monitored in compliance with existing company policy.

        A digital CCTV system will be installed and maintained at the premises, enabling surveillance of entrances/exits and till point areas. Recordings from the system will be retained for a period of 31 days will be made available to police upon receipt of a reasonable request.  The retention period has been set to provide optimum picture quality from the CCTV system.

   

  Public Safety

        Please refer to (b) above

   

  The Prevention of Public Nuisance

        Please refer to (b) above

   

  The Protection of Children from Harm

        In addition to those measures referred to in (b) above it is also a written, trained and refreshed policy of the Company to challenge any customers who are apparently under the age of 25 of years and attempting to purchase alcoholic products to provide evidence (in PASS approved formats only) to prove that they are in fact over the age of 18 years.

        Separately the applicants IS system at all checkouts identify any alcoholic products and will always display an electronic flag to the cashier when any such products are presented for purchase.  The cashier is then required physically to input into the till console a confirmation that the customer is over the age of 18 years.

   

   

• ANNEX 3 - CONDITIONS AS THE RESULT OF A HEARING

   

  Not applicable