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Age verification policy
From 1 October 2010 the premises licence holder or club premises
certificate holder must ensure that an age verification policy
applies to the premises in relation to the sale or supply of
alcohol. This is condition 4 of the new
mandatory conditions.
What is an age verification policy?
An age verification policy outlines how your staff will ensure
that alcohol is not served to under 18’s. This means procedures
should be implemented so that when any customers who appear to be
below a certain age, say under 21, attempt to buy alcohol, they are
always asked to show suitable proof of age so that you actually
verify that they are old enough to be served.
Mandatory condition 4
This condition is intended to ensure that all licensed premises
operate at a minimum standard of due diligence to ensure they do
not sell alcohol to minors.
- The premises licence holder or club premises certificate holder
shall ensure that an age verification policy applies to the
premises in relation to the sale or supply of alcohol.
- The policy must require individuals who appear to the
responsible person to be under the age specified in the
policy (for example 21 or 25) to produce on request, before
being served alcohol, identification bearing their photograph, date
of birth and a holographic mark.
Guidance relating to this condition
The premises should have a written policy as you would be
able to prove you have the policy in place and that this will be a
key building block for staff training in underage sales. Staff and
management must be fully aware and have received training on the
contents within the policy.
The premises licence holder or club premises certificate holder
must ensure that an age verification policy applies to the premises
in relation to the sale or supply of alcohol.
- Individuals who appear to the responsible person to be
under 18 years are required to produce on request (before being
served alcohol) acceptable ID include photo card driving licences,
passports or proof of age cards bearing the PASS hologram,
Citizencard or other forms of ID which meet the criteria laid out
above are also acceptable.
- The premises licence holder or club premises certificate holder
must ensure that staff (in particular staff who are involved in the
supply of alcohol) are made aware of the existence and content of
the age verification policy applied by the
premises.
- This condition does not exclude best practice schemes such as
Challenge 21 or Challenge 25 which require individuals who appear
to be under an age which is greater than 18 to provide ID.
You can view an example of an
age verification policy (pdf 16kb).
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