To consider any items which the Chair has agreed to have submitted as urgent.

The Committee considered all representations at the hearing. The Committee also considered the Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy, the Licensing Act 2003, the Regulations made there under, the Guidance issued by the Secretary of State under Section 182 of that Act and the Licensing Objectives.

The Committee noted that agreement had been reached between the applicant and all parties who made a representation, so treated the matter as a determination. 

Decision

To grant the application subject to the following conditions.

Conditions

1. All sales of alcohol for consumption off the premises shall be in sealed containers only, and shall not be consumed on the premises.

2. Outside the hours authorised for the sale of alcohol, all alcohol within the trading area is to be secured behind locked grills, locked screens or locked cabinet doors to prevent access to the alcohol by customers or staff.

3. The premises Licence Holder/DPS shall carry out reviews of security incidents at the premises.  Such reviews shall be documented and conducted at least quarterly with staff from the Arndale centre, and include details of any remedial action identified and implemented.  Copies of the security review shall be made available upon inspection by GMP or an authorised Officer of the licensing authority.

4. The premises licence holder/DPS shall ensure that the provision of Door Supervisor/Arndale Security at the premises is appropriate to ensure the safe control of the premises, and shall review this on a regular basis.

5. The premises shall ensure that the kiosk  and surrounding area will be covered by CCTV, enabling facial identification of every person entering the licensable area. The CCTV cameras shall constantly record while the premises are open to the public and recordings shall be kept available and unedited for a minimum period of 31 days with the date and time stamping.  A staff member who is conversant with the operation of the CCTV system shall be present on the premises at all times when they are open to the public and must be able to produce/download/burn CCTV images upon request by a Police Officer or an authorised Officer of the licensing authority.  Any footage must be in a format that can be played back on a standard personal computer or standard DVD player.  Where the recording is on a removable medium, a secure storage system to store those recording mediums shall be provided.

6. The premises shall display prominent signage indicating that the Challenge 25 scheme is in operation.

7. The premises shall display prominent signage indicating [at any point of sale]  that it is an offence to buy, or attempt to buy, alcohol for a person under the age of 18.

8. The Challenge 25 scheme must be operated to ensure that any person who appears to be under the age of 25 shall provide documented proof that he/she is over 18 years of age. Proof of age shall only comprise a passport, photo card driving licence, an HM Forces warrant card, or a card bearing the PASS hologram.

9. A log shall be kept at the premises and record all refused sales of alcohol for the reasons that the person(s) is, or appear to be, under 18 years of age. The log shall record the date and time of the refusal and the name of the member of staff who refused the sale. The log will be available on request by the police or an authorised officer of Manchester City Council. The log shall be checked on a regular basis by the Designated Premises Supervisor to ensure that it is being used by staff and each check shall be recorded in the log.

10. In addition to any other training, the premises licence holder shall ensure all staff are trained to prevent underage sales, to be aware of and prevent proxy sales, to maintain the refusals log, enter sales correctly on the tills so the prompts show as appropriate and monitor staff to ensure their training is put into practice.

11. Documented records of training completed shall be kept for each member of staff. Training shall be regularly refreshed and at no greater than 6 monthly intervals. Training records shall be made available for inspection upon request by a police officer or an authorised officer of Manchester City Council.