Specific measures applicable to licensed premisesE+W
17.—[(1) Where regulation 16(1) applies to a person responsible for premises authorised for the sale or supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises, the measures to be taken by the responsible person include (but are not limited to)—
(a)having a person controlling entry to the premises and allocating a limited time period to customers for which they may stay in the premises;
(b)requiring customers to be seated in the premises in any place other than at a bar—
(i)when ordering food or drink,
(ii)when being served with food or drink, and
(iii)when consuming food or drink.]
(3) But where food is provided at the premises on a buffet basis, customers may select food from the buffet and return to where they are seated.
(4) Paragraph [(1)] does not apply to—
(a)workplace canteens, or
(b)premises in an educational establishment.
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (1)—
(a)food or drink sold in holiday or travel accommodation as part of room service is not to be treated as being sold for consumption on the premises;
(b)food or drink sold for consumption in an area adjacent to the premises where seating is made available for customers is to be treated as being sold for consumption on the premises.
(6) Where regulated premises not authorised for the sale or supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises allow customers to consume their own alcohol on the premises, paragraphs (1) to (4) apply to those premises as they apply to premises that are authorised for the sale or supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises.
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