Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Sale and supply of alcohol generally - Licensing process: special licences - Applications for special licences

142: Criteria for issue of special licences

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"What the council checks when you apply for a special alcohol licence"

When you apply for a special licence, the licensing committee looks at many things. They think about what the event is and what you will be selling or doing there. They also consider if you are a suitable person to hold the event.

The committee thinks about the local alcohol policy and if the event will affect the area. They look at what days and hours you want to sell alcohol and the design of the premises. They check if you have systems in place to follow the law and if you will have restricted areas.

The committee wants to know how you will stop selling alcohol to people who are not allowed to have it. They look at your plans for selling non-alcoholic drinks and food, and low-alcohol drinks. They also think about how people will get home from the event.

The committee reads reports from the Police, the Medical Officer of Health, or an inspector made under section 141. They do not think about how the special licence might affect other businesses with licences.

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Part 2Sale and supply of alcohol generally
Licensing process: special licences: Applications for special licences

142Criteria for issue of special licences

  1. In deciding whether to issue a special licence, the licensing committee concerned must have regard to the following matters:

  2. the object of this Act:
    1. the nature of the particular event for which the licence is sought and, in particular,—
      1. whether the applicant is engaged in, or proposes at the event to engage in, the sale of goods other than alcohol, low-alcohol refreshments, non-alcoholic refreshments, and food, and if so, which goods; and
        1. whether the applicant is engaged in, or proposes at the event to engage in, the provision of services other than those directly related to the sale of alcohol, low-alcohol refreshments, non-alcoholic refreshments, and food, and if so, which services:
        2. the suitability of the applicant:
          1. any relevant local alcohol policy:
            1. whether (in its opinion) the amenity and good order of the locality would be likely to be reduced, by more than a minor extent, by the effects of the issue of the licence:
              1. the days on which and the hours during which the applicant proposes to sell alcohol:
                1. the design and layout of the premises concerned:
                  1. whether the applicant has appropriate systems, staff and training to comply with the law:
                    1. any areas of the premises that the applicant proposes should be designated as restricted areas or supervised areas:
                      1. any steps the applicant proposes to take to ensure that the requirements of this Act in relation to the sale and supply of alcohol to prohibited persons are observed:
                        1. the applicant's proposals relating to—
                          1. the sale and supply of non-alcoholic drinks and food; and
                            1. the sale and supply of low-alcohol drinks; and
                              1. the provision of help with or information about alternative forms of transport from the premises:
                              2. any matters dealt with in any report from the Police, the Medical Officer of Health, or an inspector made under section 141.
                                1. The licensing committee must not take into account any prejudicial effect that the issue of the special licence may have on the business conducted pursuant to any other licence.

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