Rifle Volunteer

Licensed under the Licensing Act

The Rifle Volunteer 28 Wyatt Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1EU

Premises licence 24/02963/LAPRE

In force

Rifle Volunteer holds a premises licence from Maidstone Borough Council, reference 24/02963/LAPRE. It was issued on 9 October 2024. The council's register shows it as in force.

The record

Licence type: Premises Licence
Reference: 24/02963/LAPRE
Status on register: Issued
Issued: 9 October 2024
Venue type: Pub or bar
Food hygiene rating: 4 out of 5 (good), inspected 7 January 2025 (as Rifle Volunteers)
Licensing authority: Maidstone Borough Council
Postcode: ME14 1EU
First seen by On Licence: 23 September 2026

Licensable activities

Maidstone Borough Council's register does not list activities for this licence. The full licence, with its conditions and hours, is held by the council.

What the licence permits

Opening hours on the licence: Mon to Sat 10:00-23:00, Sun 12:00-22:30
Sale or Supply of Alcohol: Mon to Sat 10:00-23:00, Sun 12:00-22:30
Late Night Refreshment: Mon to Sat 23:00-23:30
Regulated Entertainment: Mon to Sat 10:00-23:00, Sun 12:00-22:30
Opening Hours (Non-standard): Permitted (hours not listed)

Licence conditions (38)

EC0206 - Drinking up times
The above restrictions do not prohibit:
(a) during the first twenty minutes after the above hours, the consumption of alcohol on the premises;
(b) during the first thirty minutes after the above hours, the consumption of the alcohol on the premises by persons taking meals there if the alcohol was supplied for consumption as ancillary to the meals.
(c) during the first twenty minutes after the above hours, the taking of the alcohol from the premises unless the alcohol is supplied or taken in an open vessel;
(d) the ordering of alcohol to be consumed off the premises, or the despatch by the vendor of the alcohol so ordered;
(e) consumption of the alcohol on the premises by, or the taking of, sale or supply to, any person residing on the premises
(f) the sale or supply of alcohol to a trader or club for the purposes of the trade or club;
(g) the sale or supply of alcohol to any canteen or mess, being a canteen in which the sale or supply of alcohol is carried out under the authority of the Secretary of State or an authorised mess of members of Her Majesty's naval, military or air forces;
(h) the taking of alcohol from the premises by a person residing there;
(i) the supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises to any private friends of a person residing there who are bona fide entertained by him at his own expense, or the consumption of alcohol by persons so supplied;
(j) the supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises to persons employed there for the purposes of the business carried on by the holder of the licence, or the consumption of alcohol so supplied, if the alcohol is supplied at the expense of their employer or of the person carrying on or in charge of the business on the premises
Recorded Music
Public Entertainment by way of music and singing which is provided solely by the reproduction of recorded sound is permitted without any hours limitation.
EC0103 - Children in bars - (from original Justices On licence) No person under fourteen shall be in the bar of the licensed premises during the permitted hours unless one of the following applies:
(1) He is the child of the holder of the premises licence.
(2) He resides in the premises, but is not employed there.
(3) He is in the bar solely for the purpose of passing to or from some part of the premises which is not a bar and to or from which there is no other convenient means of access or egress.
(4) The bar is in railway refreshment rooms or other premises constructed, fitted and intended to be used bona fide for any purpose to which the holding of the licence is ancillary. In this condition "bar" includes any place exclusively or mainly used for the consumption of intoxicating liquor. But an area is not a bar when it is usual for it to be, and it is, set apart for the service of table meals and alcohol is only sold or supplied to persons as an ancillary to their table meals.
Private Entertainment
Dancing, music or other entertainment of the like kind which is not a public entertainment but which is promoted for private gain is permitted without any hours.
Protection of Children
If more than one hundred persons under 14 ("juniors") are attending an entertainment for juniors or an entertainment at which the majority of those attending are juniors, there shall be sufficient adult attendants, properly instructed as to their duties:
(a) to prevent more juniors or other persons being admitted to the building or part thereof than the building or part can properly accommodate; and
(b) to control the movement of juniors and other persons admitted while entering and leaving the building or part; and
to take all reasonable precautions for the safety of the children.
No person under the age of 17 years shall take part in any performance in which his life or limbs are endangered.
EC0102 - Permitted Hours (from original Justices Licence)
Alcohol shall not be sold or supplied except during permitted hours.
In this condition, permitted hours means:
(a) On the following weekdays, namely Monday to Friday, other than Christmas Day, or Good Friday, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m,
(b) On Saturdays, other than Christmas Day or New Years Eve, 10am to 11p.m.;
(c) On Sundays, other than Christmas Day or New Years Eve, 12 noon to 10.30 p.m.
(d) On Good Friday, 12 noon to 10.30 p.m.
(e) On Christmas Day, 12 noon to 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 10.30 p.m.
(f) On New Year's Eve, except on a Sunday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
(g) On New Year's Eve on a Sunday, 12 noon to 10.30 p.m
(h) On New Year's Eve from the end of permitted hours on New Year's Eve to the start of permitted hours on the following day (or, if there are no permitted hours on the following day, midnight on 31 December).

Licensed hours are the most a premises may open or trade under its licence, not its actual opening times.

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