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Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Sale and supply of alcohol generally - Licensing process: on-licences, off-licences, and club licences - Applications for licences

110: Particular conditions: on-licences and club licences

You could also call this:

"Special rules for places that sell alcohol, like bars and clubs, to keep people safe"

When you apply for an on-licence or club licence, the licensing authority or committee can add conditions to it. These conditions can include steps you must take to ensure you do not sell or supply alcohol to people you are not allowed to. You may also have to follow rules about managing your premises. The licensing authority or committee can also decide who you can sell alcohol to. They can impose one-way door restrictions and require a manager to be on duty in some cases, such as for a club licence or an on-licence endorsed under section 37. The authority or committee must make sure every on-licence and club licence has conditions that state when and for how long you can sell and supply alcohol. You will also have to pay licensing fees, and these conditions will be stated on your licence. You must provide drinking water for free to your customers while your premises are open for business, and the conditions on your licence will state where this water is available. When deciding the conditions for your licence, the authority or committee can think about where your premises are in relation to nearby land use. Note that some conditions, such as those about who you can sell alcohol to, are subject to the Human Rights Act 1993.

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Part 2Sale and supply of alcohol generally
Licensing process: on-licences, off-licences, and club licences: Applications for licences

110Particular conditions: on-licences and club licences

  1. The licensing authority or licensing committee concerned may issue an on-licence or club licence subject to conditions of any or all of the following kinds:

  2. conditions prescribing steps to be taken by the licensee to ensure that the provisions of this Act relating to the sale or supply of alcohol to prohibited persons are observed:
    1. conditions prescribing steps to be taken by the licensee to ensure that the provisions of this Act relating to the management of the premises concerned are observed:
      1. conditions prescribing the people or kinds of person to whom alcohol may be sold or supplied:
        1. conditions imposing one-way door restrictions:
          1. in the case of a club licence or an on-licence endorsed under section 37, conditions requiring a manager to be on duty.

            1. The licensing authority or licensing committee concerned must ensure that every on-licence and club licence it issues is issued subject to conditions—

            2. stating the days on which and the hours during which alcohol may be sold and supplied; and
              1. if there are in force regulations under this Act empowering the authority or committee to determine different levels of licensing fee prescribed by the regulations for premises of different kinds, stating the fees payable for the licensing of the premises concerned; and
                1. stating (directly or by description) a place or places on the premises at which drinking water is to be freely available to customers while the premises are open for business.

                  1. In deciding the conditions under subsection (2)(a) subject to which a licence is to be issued, the licensing authority or licensing committee concerned may have regard to the site of the premises in relation to neighbouring land use.

                  2. Subsection (1)(c) is subject to the Human Rights Act 1993.