NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT Shropshire Council has received an application for the review of the above Premises Licence, pursuant to Section 51 of the Licensing Act 2003.

Interested parties and responsible authorities may make representations in writing to the Licensing Team, Shropshire Council, Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury SY2 6ND between 14 February 2017 and 13 March 2017.

A review of licence has been requested by Shropshire Council Public Protection on the grounds that the premises operates in such a manner as to undermine the licensing objectives especially that concerning the protection of children from harm.

Details of the grounds for review may be inspected at the licensing office (address as above) between the hours of 8:30am and 5:00pm Monday to Thursday or 8:30am and 4:30pm on Friday.

It is an offence under Section 158 of the Licensing Act 2003, knowingly or recklessly to make a false statement in connection with an application and the maximum fine for which a person is liable on summary conviction for the offence is an unlimited fine.

Review findings as follows:

1. That the Premises Licence be suspended for a period of 3 months;
2. To remove Mr Amninder Singh Sandhu as Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS) for the premises
3. Any individual undertaking any work involving the sale of goods to the public within the premises, whether paid or not, to either hold or to be in the process of obtaining a BIIAB or an equivalent recognised licensee course. Copies of the course certificates to be retained and made available on request, to a responsible authority or in the case of an individual undertaking a course to provide adequate evidence of the individual’s participation.
4. All individuals working at the premises to undertake refresher training on underage sales matters every 6 months.  The refresher training to include, as a minimum, the types of age restricted products on sale in the shop, information on the law concerning age restricted products/sales, the internal operating practices in operation, the recoding of refusals, store signage, challenge 25 policy and the acceptable forms of ID to be relied upon.  Comprehensive records to be maintained and made available, on request, to a responsible authority.
5. To employ the services of an external agency to test how robust the organisation is at enforcing the ‘challenge 25 policy’.  This is to consist of four anonymous test purchase style visits in the first six months and two visits in the last six months.  All results to be submitted to Shropshire Council’s Licensing Team on receipt.  This is to be repeated year on year until a 100% success rate has been received during a twelve month period. 
6. The Premises Licence Holder and the DPS to undertake training in the operation of CCTV.”

Interested parties and responsible authorities may make representations in writing to the Licensing Team, Shropshire Council, Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury SY2 6ND between 14 February 2017 and 13 March 2017.