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Alcohol licence loophole

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 1:31 pm
by wubstep
So what's the best way of doing this?

Raffle tickets sold on one side of the room, 'prizes' won on the other side?

Re: Alcohol licence loophole

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 1:34 pm
by wub
wubstep wrote:So what's the best way of doing this?

Raffle tickets sold on one side of the room, 'prizes' won on the other side?
Yes, pretty much. It's how church fetes etc get around not having to apply for temporary licenses.

Re: Alcohol licence loophole

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 1:38 pm
by mIrReN
LOL

Re: Alcohol licence loophole

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 1:40 pm
by wubstep
Aye, it will be in a church of sorts (crypt) and a charity event so...

Re: Alcohol licence loophole

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 1:45 pm
by wub
wubstep wrote:Aye, it will be in a church of sorts (crypt) and a charity event so...

You may have an issue then if you're in a venue. There are two parts to an alcohol license, sale and consumption on the premises.

Re: Alcohol licence loophole

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 1:49 pm
by wubstep
Not a venue, just a 14th century crypt I'm putting a gig on; never been any music there to my knowledge, don't send me to prison?

Re: Alcohol licence loophole

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 2:06 pm
by magma
Raffle tokens is the tried and tested way - I've even seen it happen in some tents at major festivals!

Re: Alcohol licence loophole

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 2:10 pm
by Mr Hyde
^^^^
yeah, raffle tickets were how Corsica did it for quite a while- a good way to avoid multiple tills/people handling cash too.

Re: Alcohol licence loophole

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 2:11 pm
by wub
magma wrote:Raffle tokens is the tried and tested way - I've even seen it happen in some tents at major festivals!

That's not to avoid licensing laws though, that's so that they reduce the number of cash registers they need to keep topped up/secure, and to reduce queue times when the servers deal with handing out change etc.

Re: Alcohol licence loophole

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 3:27 pm
by jameshk
Give us a set ;-)

Re: Alcohol licence loophole

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 4:14 pm
by wubstep
Cheers for the help, raffle it is.

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Re: Alcohol licence loophole

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 4:36 pm
by Harkat
shame u aint got kryptic minds ha ha ha

Re: Alcohol licence loophole

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 5:02 pm
by wolf89
Harkat wrote:shame u aint got kryptic minds ha ha ha
Yeah they sure would be an improvement over Hey Colossus
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Re: Alcohol licence loophole

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 6:20 pm
by thinking
can't you just apply for a temporary license these days?? It was part of the shake-up to licensing laws a few years back, I think you can put on a few events per year unless I've completely misunderstood how it works....

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisat ... ts-notices

Re: Alcohol licence loophole

Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:22 pm
by DRTY
^ that. As I understand it, getting a license to sell booze is extremely easy