Part 5Permitted temporary activities
Rights of entry, production of notice, etc.
109Duty to keep and produce temporary event notice
1
This section applies whenever premises are being used for one or more licensable activities which are or are purported to be permitted temporary activities by virtue of this Part.
2
The premises user must either—
a
secure that a copy of the temporary event notice is prominently displayed at the premises, or
b
meet the requirements of subsection (3).
3
The requirements of this subsection are that the premises user must—
a
secure that the temporary event notice is kept at the premises in—
i
his custody, or
ii
in the custody of a person who is present and working at the premises and whom he has nominated for the purposes of this section, and
b
where the temporary event notice is in the custody of a person so nominated, secure that a notice specifying that fact and the position held at the premises by that person is prominently displayed at the premises.
4
The premises user commits an offence if he fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with subsection (2).
5
Where—
a
the temporary event notice is not displayed as mentioned in subsection (2)(a), and
b
no notice is displayed as mentioned in subsection (3)(b),
a constable or authorised officer may require the premises user to produce the temporary event notice for examination.
6
Where a notice is displayed as mentioned in subsection (3)(b), a constable or authorised officer may require the person specified in that notice to produce the temporary event notice for examination.
7
An authorised officer exercising the power conferred by subsection (5) or (6) must, if so requested, produce evidence of his authority to exercise the power.
8
A person commits an offence if he fails, without reasonable excuse, to produce a temporary event notice in accordance with a requirement under subsection (5) or (6).
9
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.
10
In this section “authorised officer” has the meaning given in section 108(5).