DaveNewcastle
Established Member
[I inadvertently caused offence by posting this in another section of the forum which refered to children and pubs.
It might be of interest to others in its own thread.]
The combination of children and pubs has been connected to problems and consequencies to the extent that, since this April, the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act has changed the 2003 Licensing Act (E&W) to ensure that the local Primary Care Trust and Child Protection Agency are statutory consultees in Licence applications.
The consequence of this is that, since April, Doctors with concerns for health and Child Protection Officers have taken opportunities to insist on Conditions to new Premises Licences which attempt to prevent allowing children access to Licensed premises, even to prevent children being 'exposed' to the consumption of alcohol; this could have consequences for gardens attached to pubs.
I worked on a Licence application recently for an established shop with a cafe located on a major cycle route, which provides snacks, meals and non-alcoholic drinks to visitors and family groups enjoying the views (many of whom do not arrive by cycle). The Child Protection Agency didn't want children to be admitted to the shop, even if accompanied by adults, as there may have been someone in the cafe area consuming alcohol. They required the premises to have a policy which ensured that young people who may be nearby for other reasons would not be 'exposed' to the consumption of alcohol by people sittng outside the cafe.
The PCT wanted staff to monitor the consumption of alcohol by cyclists (although there is an established real-ale pub frequented by cyclists less than 100meters away) to avoid the risk of drunken cycling.
These changes apply to new Licence applications or to substantial variations to existing Licences, not to the Conditions which apply to established pubs or other Licensed premises.
We can imagine the consequences of these restrictions on country parks, pubs on station platforms etc. if any new Licence applications were to come forward.
Any thoughts?
It might be of interest to others in its own thread.]
The combination of children and pubs has been connected to problems and consequencies to the extent that, since this April, the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act has changed the 2003 Licensing Act (E&W) to ensure that the local Primary Care Trust and Child Protection Agency are statutory consultees in Licence applications.
The consequence of this is that, since April, Doctors with concerns for health and Child Protection Officers have taken opportunities to insist on Conditions to new Premises Licences which attempt to prevent allowing children access to Licensed premises, even to prevent children being 'exposed' to the consumption of alcohol; this could have consequences for gardens attached to pubs.
I worked on a Licence application recently for an established shop with a cafe located on a major cycle route, which provides snacks, meals and non-alcoholic drinks to visitors and family groups enjoying the views (many of whom do not arrive by cycle). The Child Protection Agency didn't want children to be admitted to the shop, even if accompanied by adults, as there may have been someone in the cafe area consuming alcohol. They required the premises to have a policy which ensured that young people who may be nearby for other reasons would not be 'exposed' to the consumption of alcohol by people sittng outside the cafe.
The PCT wanted staff to monitor the consumption of alcohol by cyclists (although there is an established real-ale pub frequented by cyclists less than 100meters away) to avoid the risk of drunken cycling.
These changes apply to new Licence applications or to substantial variations to existing Licences, not to the Conditions which apply to established pubs or other Licensed premises.
We can imagine the consequences of these restrictions on country parks, pubs on station platforms etc. if any new Licence applications were to come forward.
Any thoughts?
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