Temporary and Occasional Events
The legislation states that a premises licence and personal
licence will not be needed for small events where less than 500
people are likely to attend, and which lasts for less than 96
hours, at a time.
In place of this a person can serve a Temporary Event Notice on
the local authority.
Someone who holds a personal licence will be able to hold up to
50 temporary events a year at other premises that are not
licensed. Non-personal licence holders will be able to hold up to 5
temporary events a year. A Temporary Event Notice must be given to
the council at least 10 clear working days before an event of
this sort can be held, and the police may object to it on crime and
disorder grounds. The legislation does not allow any
discretion to accept the notice with less than 10 clear working
days.
Individual premises may only hold 12 temporary events per year
and the total number of days must be no more than 15.