Section 62: Premises etc to which alcohol prohibition does not apply

Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 · 2014 c. 12View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 4: Community protection — CHAPTER 2: Public spaces protection orders and expedited orders

A prohibition in a public spaces protection order or expedited order on consuming alcohol does not apply to—

premises (other than council-operated licensed premises) authorised by a premises licence to be used for the supply of alcohol;
premises authorised by a club premises certificate to be used by the club for the supply of alcohol;
a place within the curtilage of premises within paragraph (a) or (b);
premises which by virtue of Part 5 of the Licensing Act 2003 may at the relevant time be used for the supply of alcohol or which, by virtue of that Part, could have been so used within the 30 minutes before that time;
a place where facilities or activities relating to the sale or consumption of alcohol are at the relevant time permitted by virtue of a permission granted under section 115E of the Highways Act 1980 (highway-related uses) or by virtue of a pavement licence under section 1 of the Business and Planning Act 2020.

A prohibition in a public spaces protection order or an expedited order on consuming alcohol does not apply to council-operated licensed premises—

when the premises are being used for the supply of alcohol, or
within 30 minutes after the end of a period during which the premises have been used for the supply of alcohol.

In this section—

  • "club premises certificate" has the meaning given by section 60 of the Licensing Act 2003;

  • "premises licence" has the meaning given by section 11 of that Act;

  • "supply of alcohol" has the meaning given by section 14 of that Act.

For the purposes of this section, premises are "council-operated licensed premises" if they are authorised by a premises licence to be used for the supply of alcohol and—

the licence is held by a local authority in whose area the premises (or part of the premises) are situated, or
the licence is held by another person but the premises are occupied by a local authority or are managed by or on behalf of a local authority.

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