Part 5Permitted temporary activities
Temporary event notices
100Temporary event notice
1
Where it is proposed to use premises for one or more licensable activities during a period not exceeding 96 hours, an individual may give to the relevant licensing authority notice of that proposal (a “temporary event notice”).
2
In this Act, the “premises user”, in relation to a temporary event notice, is the individual who gave the notice.
3
An individual may not give a temporary event notice unless he is aged 18 or over.
4
A temporary event notice must be in the prescribed form and contain—
a
a statement of the matters mentioned in subsection (5),
b
where subsection (6) applies, a statement of the condition mentioned in that subsection, and
c
such other information as may be prescribed.
5
Those matters are—
a
the licensable activities to which the proposal mentioned in subsection (1) relates (“the relevant licensable activities”),
b
the period (not exceeding 96 hours) during which it is proposed to use the premises for those activities (“the event period”),
c
the times during the event period when the premises user proposes that those licensable activities shall take place,
d
the maximum number of persons (being a number less than 500) which the premises user proposes should, during those times, be allowed on the premises at the same time,
e
where the relevant licensable activities include the supply of alcohol, whether supplies are proposed to be for consumption on the premises or off the premises, or both, and
f
such other matters as may be prescribed.
6
Where the relevant licensable activities include the supply of alcohol, the notice must make it a condition of using the premises for such supplies that all such supplies are made by or under the authority of the premises user.
7
The temporary event notice—
a
must be given to the relevant licensing authority (in duplicate) no later than ten working days before the day on which the event period begins, and
b
must be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
8
The Secretary of State may, by order—
a
amend subsections (1) and (5)(b) so as to substitute any period for the period for the time being specified there;
b
amend subsection (5)(d) so as to substitute any number for the number for the time being specified there.
9
In this section “supply of alcohol” means—
a
the sale by retail of alcohol, or
b
the supply of alcohol by or on behalf of a club to, or to the order of, a member of the club.