Dundee City Licensing Board - 18/04/2024

At a MEETING of the LICENSING BOARD held remotely on 18th April, 2024.

Present:-

COUNCILLORS

Councillor Stewart HUNTER, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Board of 14th March, 2024 was held as read.

I LICENSING (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005

(a) VARIATIONS (MAJOR)

The Board, having heard from an agent on behalf of the applicant, the applicant, the Chief Constables representative, the Licensing Standards Officers and the Board's Legal Adviser, agreed to allow the variation to allow the use of a large TV in the external area for the European Championship 2024, subject to the conditions that all amplified music and vocals to be no louder than 85dbls in the beer garden/fan zone. Staff must check each match to make sure the volume of the TV when permitted is not too loud outwith the fan zone area. The TV sound must be wired through a noise limiter that is sealed and cannot be tampered with, maximum capacity for the beer garden/fan zone is 100 patrons. When match commentary is permitted to be played in the beer garden/fan zone it is only allowed via the large screen TV. When there is no volume permitted via the TV the premises shall not use any other form audible device to project the commentary into the beer garden/fan zone, that wristbands be worn by all patrons viewing the matches within the beer garden/fan zone. SIA accredited stewards be present for all matches shown on the large screen TV with a kick off time of 8.00pm and that no music be played in the beer garden/fan zone with all audio being football commentary only.

The Board also agreed that the undernoted conditions be applied for the specific scenarios as detailed below:-

Group Stages No Extra Time No Penalties

- Scotland and England group games only - The TV will be permitted to be turned on and have commentary played through the speakers 1 hour before the kick off to allow patrons to watch the pre-game TV show.

- Scotland and England group games will be permitted to have the commentary played through the external TV speaker system.

- All other group matches, the TV can be turned on 10 minutes before the kick off there will be NO volume through the TV speakers but subtitles can be used.

- All games that start at 8pm After the final whistle the beer garden/fan zone has 15 minutes to be closed down (drinking up time).

Last 16 Knock Out Stages Possibility of Extra Time and Penalties

- If Scotland or England make the last 16 knock out stages - The Scotland and England games will be permitted to be turned on and have commentary played through the speakers 1 hour before the kick off to allow patrons to watch the pre-game TV show.

- The Scotland and England game will be permitted to have the commentary played through the external TV speaker system.

- All other games in the last 16 knock out stages - The TV can be turned on 10 minutes before the kick off there will be no volume through the speakers but subtitles can be used.

- All games that start at 8pm - After the final whistle the beer garden/fan zone has 15 minutes to be closed down (drinking up time).

Quarter Finals Possibility of Extra Time and Penalties

- Quarter Final games will be permitted to be turned on and have commentary played through the speakers 1 hour before the kick off to allow patrons to watch the pre-game TV show.

- Quarter Final games will be permitted to have commentary played through the TV system.

- Games that start at 8pm - After the final whistle the beer garden/fan zone has 15 minutes to be closed down (drinking up time).

Semi-Finals Possibility of Extra Time and Penalties

- Semi-finals The TV will be permitted to be turned on and have commentary played through the speakers 1 hour before the kick off to allow patrons to watch the pre-game TV show.

- The semi-finals will be permitted to have the commentary played through the external TV speaker system, however after the final whistle, the volume must be turned off but subtitles can be used until the end of the TV post analysis show.

- All semi-finals are 8pm kick off - After the final whistle the beer garden/fan zone has 15 minutes to be closed down (drinking up time).

The Final Possibility of Extra Time and Penalties Also Presentation of Cup

- The Final 8pm kick off The TV will be permitted to be turned on to watch the pre-match TV shows.

- The finals will be permitted to have commentary played through the external TV speaker system.

- After the final whistle the beer garden/fan zone has 15 minutes to be closed down (drinking up time).

Stewart HUNTER, Convener.