Having taken into account the Licensing Act 2003, the guidance issued under Section 182 of the Act and the Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy and also the fact that Staffordshire County Council Trading Standards had requested a review of the premises licence to promote the licensing objective relating to the Protection of Children from Harm.
The Committee considered the relevant Licensing Objective in the light of what had been said and were persuaded that action did need to be taken by the Licensing Authority under its statutory powers to promote the Licensing Objectives.
The committee resolved to:
1. Remove the Designated Premises Supervisor.
2. Suspend the premises licence for a period of 3 months.
3. Impose new conditions set out on pages 16 and 77 of the report to the committee as being agreed between the parties.
In addition the committee recommended that further staff training be given at least every 6 months upon the objectives relating to underage sales and gave notice that any further complaints regarding underage sales could result in the revocation of the premises licence.