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7. Temporary event notices (TENs)7.1 This Chapter covers the arrangements in Part 5 of the 2003 Act for the temporarycarrying on of licensable activities that are not authorised by a premises licence or clubpremises certificate.GENERAL7.2 The system of permitted temporary activities is a light touch process, and as such, thecarrying on of licensable activities does not have to be authorised by the licensing authorityon an application. Instead, a person wishing to hold an event at which such activities areproposed to be carried on (the “premises user”) gives notice of the event (a “temporaryevent notice” or “TEN”).7.3 The TEN must be given to the licensing authority in the form prescribed in regulations madeunder the 2003 Act. Unless it is sent electronically, it must be sent to the relevant licensingauthority, to the police and local authority exercising environmental health functions at leastten working days before the event (although a premises user may give a limited number ofTENs to the licensing authority less than 10 days before the event to which they relate).7.4 If a temporary event notice is sent electronically via Business link or the licensingauthority’s own facility, the licensing authority must notify the police and local authorityexercising environmental health functions as soon as possible and no later than the firstworking day after the notice is given.7.5 The police or local authority exercising environmental health functions may interveneto prevent such an event taking place or agree a modification of the proposedarrangements, and their intervention may in some cases result in the licensing authorityimposing conditions on a temporary event notice. When giving a temporary event notice,consideration should be given to the four licensing objectives. The licensing authority onlyotherwise intervenes if the statutory permitted limits on temporary event notices would beexceeded.7.6 A temporary event notice does not relieve the premises user from any requirements underplanning law for appropriate planning permission where it is required.LIMITATIONS7.7 A number of limitations are imposed on the use of TENs by the 2003 Act. The limitationsapply to:• the number of times a premises user may give a TEN (50 times in a calendar year for apersonal licence holder and 5 times in a calendar year for other people);• the number of times a TEN may be given for any particular premises (12 times in acalendar year);• the maximum length of time a TEN may have effect (168 hours or 7 days);AMENDED GUIDANCE ISSUED UNDER SECTION 182 OF THE LICENSING ACT 200341
• the maximum total duration of the periods authorised by TENs in relation to individualpremises (21 days in a calendar year); and• the maximum number of people attending at any one time (fewer than 500).7.8 Proposed activities that exceed these limits will require a premises licence or club premisescertificate.7.9 TENs may be given in respect of premises which already have a premises licence or clubpremises certificate to cover licensable activities not permitted by the existing authorisation.7.10 In determining whether the maximum total duration of the periods covered by TENs atany individual premises has exceeded 21 days, an event beginning before midnight andcontinuing into the next day would count as two days towards the 21-day limitation.7.11 There is nothing to prevent notification of multiple events at the same time, providedthe first event is at least ten days away (or five days away in the case of a late TEN). Forexample, an individual personal licence holder wishing to exhibit and sell beer at a series offarmers’ markets may wish to give several notices simultaneously. However, this would onlybe possible where the events are to take place in the same licensing authority (and policearea), and the limits are not exceeded in the case of each notice.WHO CAN GIVE A TEMPORARY EVENT NOTICE?PERSONAL LICENCE HOLDERS7.12 A personal licence holder can give a TEN at any premises on up to 50 occasions in anycalendar year. This limit is inclusive of any late TENs given in the same year. The use ofeach TEN must of course observe the limits described above, including the limit of 12 TENsin respect of each premises in a calendar year.NON-PERSONAL LICENCE HOLDERS7.13 The 2003 Act provides that any individual aged 18 or over may give a TEN whether or notthat individual holds a personal licence. Such an individual will not, therefore, have met therequirements that apply to a personal licence holder under Part 6 of the 2003 Act. Wherealcohol is not intended to be sold, this should not matter. However, many events will involvecombinations of licensable activities. In the absence of a premises user holding a personallicence, the 2003 Act limits the number of notices that may be given by any non-personallicence holder to 5 occasions in a calendar year (this limit is inclusive of any late TENsin the same year). In every other respect, the Guidance and information set out in theparagraphs above applies.42 AMENDED GUIDANCE ISSUED UNDER SECTION 182 OF THE LICENSING ACT 2003
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