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(c) the alcohol is sold or supplied for consumption on the relevant | |
premises. | |
(7) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary | |
conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale. | |
150 Sending a child to obtain alcohol | 5 |
(1) A person commits an offence if he knowingly sends an individual aged under | |
18 to obtain— | |
(a) alcohol sold or to be sold on relevant premises for consumption off the | |
premises, or | |
(b) alcohol supplied or to be supplied by or on behalf of a club to or to the | 10 |
order of a member of the club for such consumption. | |
(2) For the purposes of this section, it is immaterial whether the individual aged | |
under 18 is sent to obtain the alcohol from the relevant premises or from other | |
premises from which it is delivered in pursuance of the sale or supply. | |
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply where the individual aged under 18 works on the | 15 |
relevant premises in a capacity, whether paid or unpaid, which involves the | |
delivery of alcohol. | |
(4) Subsection (1) also does not apply where the individual aged under 18 is sent | |
by— | |
(a) a constable, or | 20 |
(b) a weights and measures inspector, | |
who is acting in the course of his duty. | |
(5) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary | |
conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale. | |
151 Prohibition of sales in the presence of children | 25 |
(1) A responsible person commits an offence if, on any relevant premises which | |
are licensed principally for the sale by retail of alcohol, he knowingly allows an | |
individual aged under the age of 14 to be in that part of the premises where | |
such sale takes place during any such sale unless that individual is | |
accompanied by another individual aged 18 or over. | 30 |
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary | |
conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale. | |
(3) In this section “responsible person” means, in relation to a licensed premises— | |
(a) the holder of a premises licence, | |
(b) the designated premises supervisor, or | 35 |
(c) any individual aged 18 or over who is authorised for the purposes of | |
this section by that holder or supervisor. | |
152 Prohibition of unsupervised sales by children | |
(1) A responsible person commits an offence if on any relevant premises he | |
knowingly allows an individual aged under 18 to make on the premises— | 40 |
(a) any sale of alcohol, or | |
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(b) any supply of alcohol by or on behalf of a club to or to the order of a | |
member of the club, | |
unless the sale or supply has been specifically approved by that or another | |
responsible person. | |
(2) But subsection (1) does not apply where— | 5 |
(a) the alcohol is sold or supplied for consumption with a table meal, | |
(b) it is sold or supplied in premises which are being used for the service | |
of table meals (or in a part of any premises which is being so used), and | |
(c) the premises are (or the part is) not used for the sale or supply of alcohol | |
otherwise than to persons having table meals there and for | 10 |
consumption by such a person as an ancillary to his meal. | |
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary | |
conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale. | |
(4) In this section “responsible person” means— | |
(a) in relation to licensed premises— | 15 |
(i) the holder of the premises licence, | |
(ii) the designated premises supervisor, or | |
(iii) any individual aged 18 or over who is authorised for the | |
purposes of this section by that holder or supervisor, | |
(b) in relation to premises in respect of which there is in force a club | 20 |
premises certificate, any member or officer of the club present on the | |
premises in a capacity which enables him to prevent the supply in | |
question, and | |
(c) in relation to premises which may be used for a permitted temporary | |
activity by virtue of Part 5— | 25 |
(i) the premises user, or | |
(ii) any individual aged 18 or over who is authorised for the | |
purposes of this section by the premises user. | |
153 Enforcement role for weights and measures authorities | |
(1) It is the duty of every local weights and measures authority in England and | 30 |
Wales to enforce within its area the provisions of sections 144 and 145, so far as | |
they apply to sales of alcohol made on or from premises to which the public | |
have access. | |
(2) A weights and measures inspector may make, or authorise any person to make | |
on his behalf, such purchases of goods as appear expedient for the purpose of | 35 |
determining whether those provisions are being complied with. | |
Confiscation of alcohol | |
154 Confiscation of sealed containers of alcohol | |
(1) In section 1 of the Confiscation of Alcohol (Young Persons) Act 1997 (c. 33) | |
(right to require surrender of alcohol)— | 40 |
(a) in subsection (1), omit the words “(other than a sealed container)”, | |
(b) after that subsection insert— | |
“(1A) But a constable may not under subsection (1) require a person | |
to surrender any sealed container unless the constable | |
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reasonably believes that the person is, or has been, consuming, | |
or intends to consume, alcohol in any relevant place.”, and | |
(c) in subsection (6), after “subsection (1)” insert “and (1A)”. | |
(2) In section 12(2)(b) of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c. 16) (right to | |
require surrender of alcohol), omit the words “(other than a sealed container)”. | 5 |
Vehicles and trains | |
155 Prohibition on sale of alcohol on moving vehicles | |
(1) A person commits an offence under this section if he sells by retail alcohol on | |
or from a vehicle at a time when the vehicle is not permanently or temporarily | |
parked. | 10 |
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary | |
conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine | |
not exceeding £20,000, or to both. | |
(3) In proceedings against a person for an offence under this section, it is a defence | |
that— | 15 |
(a) his act was due to a mistake, or to reliance on information given to him, | |
or to an act or omission by another person, or to some other cause | |
beyond his control, and | |
(b) he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to | |
avoid committing the offence. | 20 |
156 Power to prohibit sale of alcohol on trains | |
(1) A magistrates’ court acting for a petty sessions area may make an order | |
prohibiting the sale of alcohol, during such period as may be specified, on any | |
railway vehicle— | |
(a) at such station or stations as may be specified, being stations in that | 25 |
area, or | |
(b) travelling between such stations as may be specified, at least one of | |
which is in that area. | |
(2) A magistrates’ court may make an order under this section only on the | |
application of a senior police officer. | 30 |
(3) A magistrates’ court may not make not make such an order unless it is satisfied | |
that the order is necessary to prevent disorder. | |
(4) Where an order is made under this section, the responsible senior police officer | |
must, forthwith, serve a copy of the order on the train operator (or each train | |
operator) affected by the order. | 35 |
(5) A person commits an offence if he knowingly— | |
(a) sells or attempts to sell alcohol in contravention of an order under this | |
section, or | |
(b) allows the sale of alcohol in contravention of such an order. | |
(6) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary | 40 |
conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine | |
not exceeding £20,000, or to both. | |
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“railway vehicle” has the meaning given by section 83 of the Railways Act | |
1993 (c. 43); | |
“responsible senior police officer”, in relation to an order under this | |
section, means the senior police officer who applied for the order or, if | 5 |
the chief officer of police of the force in question has designated another | |
senior police officer for the purpose, that other officer; | |
“senior police officer” means a police officer of, or above, the rank of | |
inspector; | |
“specified” means specified in the order under this section; | 10 |
“station” has the meaning given by section 83 of the Railways Act 1993; | |
and | |
“train operator” means a person authorised by a licence under section 8 of | |
that Act to operate railway assets (within the meaning of section 6 of | |
that Act). | 15 |
False statement relating to licensing etc. | |
157 False statements made for the purposes of this Act | |
(1) A person commits an offence if he knowingly or recklessly makes a false | |
statement in or in connection with— | |
(a) an application for the grant, variation, transfer or review of a premises | 20 |
licence or club premises certificate, | |
(b) an application for a provisional statement, | |
(c) a temporary event notice, an interim authority notice or any other | |
notice under this Act, or | |
(d) an application for the grant or renewal of a personal licence. | 25 |
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) a person is to be treated as making a false | |
statement if he produces, furnishes, signs or otherwise makes use of a | |
document that contains a false statement. | |
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary | |
conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale. | 30 |
Interpretation | |
158 Interpretation of Part 7 | |
In this Part— | |
“authorisation” has the meaning given in section 134(5); | |
“relevant premises” means— | 35 |
(a) licensed premises, or | |
(b) premises in respect of which there is in force a club premises | |
certificate, or | |
(c) premises which may be used for a permitted temporary activity | |
by virtue of Part 5; | 40 |
“table meal” means a meal eaten by a person seated at a table, or at a | |
counter or other structure which serves the purpose of a table and is not | |
used for the service of refreshments for consumption by persons not | |
seated at a table or structure serving the purpose of a table; and | |
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measures appointed under section 72(1) of the Weights and Measures | |
Act 1985 (c. 72). | |
Part 8 | |
Closure of premises | 5 |
Closure of premises in an identified area | |
159 Orders to close premises in area experiencing disorder | |
(1) Where there is or is expected to be disorder in any petty sessions area, a | |
magistrates’ court acting for the area may make an order requiring all | |
premises— | 10 |
(a) which are situated at or near the place of the disorder or expected | |
disorder, and | |
(b) in respect of which a premises licence or a temporary event notice has | |
effect, | |
to be closed for a period, not exceeding 24 hours, specified in the order. | 15 |
(2) A magistrates’ court may make an order under this section only on the | |
application of a police officer who is of the rank of superintendent or above. | |
(3) A magistrates’ court may not make such an order unless it is satisfied that it is | |
necessary to prevent disorder. | |
(4) Where an order is made under this section, a person to whom subsection (5) | 20 |
applies commits an offence if he knowingly keeps any premises to which the | |
order relates open, or allows any such premises to be kept open, during the | |
period of the order. | |
(5) This subsection applies— | |
(a) to any manager of the premises, | 25 |
(b) in the case of licensed premises, to— | |
(i) the holder of a premises licence in respect of the premises, and | |
(ii) the designated premises supervisor (if any) under such a | |
licence, and | |
(c) in the case of premises in respect of which a temporary event notice has | 30 |
effect, to the premises user in relation to that notice. | |
(6) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (4) is liable on summary | |
conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale. | |
(7) A constable may use such force as may be necessary for the purpose of closing | |
premises ordered to be closed under this section. | 35 |
Closure of identified premises | |
160 Closure orders for identified premises | |
(1) A senior police officer may make a closure order in relation to any relevant | |
premises if he reasonably believes that— | |
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(a) there is, or is likely imminently to be, disorder on, or in the vicinity of | |
and related to, the premises and their closure is necessary in the | |
interests of public safety, or | |
(b) a public nuisance is being caused by noise coming from the premises | |
and the closure of the premises is necessary to prevent that nuisance. | 5 |
(2) A closure order is an order under this section requiring relevant premises to be | |
closed for a period not exceeding 24 hours beginning with the coming into | |
force of the order. | |
(3) In determining whether to make a closure order in respect of any premises, the | |
senior police officer must have regard, in particular, to the conduct of each | 10 |
appropriate person in relation to the disorder or disturbance. | |
(4) A closure order must— | |
(a) specify the premises to which it relates, | |
(b) specify the period for which the premises are to be closed, | |
(c) specify the grounds on which it is made, and | 15 |
(d) state the effect of sections 161 to 167. | |
(5) A closure order in respect of any relevant premises comes into force at the time | |
a constable gives notice of it to an appropriate person who is connected with | |
any of the activities to which the disorder or nuisance relates. | |
(6) A person commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, he permits relevant | 20 |
premises to be open in contravention of a closure order or any extension of it. | |
(7) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (6) is liable on summary | |
conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine | |
not exceeding £20,000, or to both. | |
(8) In this section— | 25 |
“relevant premises” means premises in respect of which one or more of | |
the following have effect— | |
(a) a premises licence, | |
(b) a temporary event notice; and | |
“senior police officer” means a police officer of, or above, the rank of | 30 |
inspector. | |
161 Extension of closure order | |
(1) Where, before the end of the period for which relevant premises are to be | |
closed under a closure order or any extension of it (“the closure period”), the | |
responsible senior police officer reasonably believes that— | 35 |
(a) a relevant magistrates’ court will not have determined whether to | |
exercise its powers under section 164(2) in respect of the closure order, | |
and any extension of it, by the end of the closure period, and | |
(b) the conditions for an extension are satisfied, | |
he may extend the closure period for a further period not exceeding 24 hours | 40 |
beginning with the end of the previous closure period. | |
(2) The conditions for an extension are that— | |
(a) in the case of an order made by virtue of section 160(1)(a), closure is | |
necessary in the interests of public safety because of disorder or likely | |
disorder on, or in the vicinity of and related to, the premises, | 45 |
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(b) in the case of an order made by virtue of section 160(1)(b), closure is | |
necessary to ensure that no public nuisance is, or is likely to be, caused | |
by noise coming from the premises. | |
(3) An extension in relation to any relevant premises comes into force when a | |
constable gives notice of it to an appropriate person connected with any of the | 5 |
activities to which the disorder or nuisance relates or is expected to relate. | |
(4) But the extension does not come into force unless the notice is given before the | |
end of the previous closure period. | |
162 Cancellation of closure order | |
(1) The responsible senior police officer may cancel a closure order and any | 10 |
extension of it at any time— | |
(a) after the making of the order, but | |
(b) before a relevant magistrates’ court has determined whether to exercise | |
its powers under section 164(2) in respect of the order and any | |
extension of it. | 15 |
(2) The responsible senior police officer must cancel a closure order and any | |
extension of it if he does not reasonably believe that— | |
(a) in the case of an order made by virtue of section 160(1)(a), closure is | |
necessary in the interests of public safety because of disorder or likely | |
disorder on, or in the vicinity of and related to, the premises, | 20 |
(b) in the case of an order made by virtue of section 160(1)(b), closure is | |
necessary to ensure that no public nuisance is, or is likely to be, caused | |
by noise coming from the premises. | |
(3) Where a closure order and any extension of it are cancelled under this section, | |
the responsible senior police officer must give notice of the cancellation to an | 25 |
appropriate person connected with any of the activities related to the disorder | |
(or anticipated disorder) or nuisance in respect of which the closure order was | |
made. | |
163 Application to magistrates’ court by police | |
(1) The responsible senior police officer must, as soon as reasonably practicable | 30 |
after a closure order comes into force in respect of any relevant premises, apply | |
to a relevant magistrates court for it to consider the order and any extension of | |
it. | |
(2) Where an application is made under this section in respect of licensed | |
premises, the responsible senior officer must also notify the relevant licensing | 35 |
authority— | |
(a) that a closure order has come into force, | |
(b) of the contents of the order and of any extension of it, and | |
(c) of the application under subsection (1). | |
164 Consideration of closure order by magistrates’ court | 40 |
(1) A relevant magistrates’ court must as soon as reasonably practicable after | |
receiving an application under section 163(1)— | |
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