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LICENSES SHOULD STAY ON PREMISES
A club in South East England
was fined recently for the offence of operating unlicensed gaming
machines for four months. They argued that they had allowed the
manufacturing supplier to keep the machines licence - he was paying
bills on their behalf and they were reimbursing him accordingly.
Unfortunately the manufacturer
failed to pay in time and the club were fined as the licences related
to machines on their premises. They lost an appeal and the obvious
answer for all clubs is to ensure that the licences are kept on
their premises and that clubs take full responsibility for the payment
of such duty.
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KEEPING IT SAFE FOR ENTERTAINERS
Equity wish to clarify a couple
of points with regard to Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) for entertainers
working in clubs.
It is obviously in the entertainers'
best interests to make sure that their equipment is safe tand regular
inspection and testing is essential to that. Entertainers however,
are sometimes unclear as to exactly what documentary proof they
will need of testing when they arrive at the club.
The ideal would seem to be
certificates issued by a qualified electrician with the coresponding
stickers on the equipment. There are smaller, cheaper, testing machines
available which do not print a certificate and Equity would like
to know if the results from these, along with the entertainers'
own testing log would be accepted. Entertainers obviously take their
safety very seriously but some are concerned that they might be
prevented from performing if they did not have the required documentation.
It was also wondered whether
the clubs themselves, particularly the larger ones providing regular
entertainment, had any plans to have testing machines available
on site. It was also thought desirable for those clubs to have suitable
circuit breaking equipment installed to protect the performer in
the event of a short circuit.
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