Any person involved in supplying alcohol or authorising the supply of alcohol from establishments that hold a premises licence to supply alcohol (except Private Members Clubs) will need to hold a personal licence. This licence is valid indefinitely. It's portable and issued by the Borough in which the applicant lives at the time of application.
Licences will not be issued where a person has an unspent conviction for relevant offences, such as violence, drugs, etc. and/or where they don't possess an acceptable qualification or level of experience.
A premises licence will be required for any premises that will be used for the:
- Sale of alcohol
- Provision of regulated entertainment
- Provision of hot food or hot drinks from a premises or vehicle between 11.00pm and 5.00am
This will include pubs, leisure facilities, restaurants, nightclubs, community centres and late night takeaways to name but a few.
Organisers of small-scale ad-hoc events for activities that are for a period not exceeding 168 hours and involving no more than 499 people, can submit a temporary event notice (TEN) to the Licensing Authority. If no objection is made, the event may go ahead. Larger events (i.e. over 499 attendees) will require a premises licence.
You will need to apply for a Variation to the licensed hours. Details of how to apply for a Variation to Licensed hours.
Regulated entertainment includes performance of a play, exhibition of a film, an indoor sporting event, boxing or wrestling entertainment, performance of live music, any playing of recorded music, performance of a dance or any entertainment of a similar description. Any such entertainment must take place in the presence of an audience to be classed as regulated entertainment.
Exempt activities include religious meetings or services, vehicles in motion, non profitable private events, music that is incidental to certain other activities, museum/art gallery film exhibitions and film exhibitions for educational or advertisement purposes.
An objection to a licence can be made to the Licensing Office.