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A Page for all Licence information and applications
There is all we need on the Culture gov site but here's a few quick links: http://www.culture.gov.uk/alcohol_and_entertainment/licensing_act_2003/
Premises licence: http://www.culture.gov.uk/alcohol_and_entertainment/licensing_act_2003/premises_licences.htm
Club Licence: http://www.culture.gov.uk/alcohol_and_entertainment/licensing_act_2003/qualifying_clubs.htm
Application forms: http://www.culture.gov.uk/alcohol_and_entertainment/licensing_appforms.htm
Also viewable are the licenceing act 2003 regulations on our index page under T "The licence act 2003 regulations"
and text version of the guidance for application under L.
Here's a ROUGH start of the list to get through before we can apply :
- 1. Plans: see section (A)
- 2. Operating Schedule- This is a big one. We need to fill in daily schedules of all licencing events e.g Films, Music, late food and alcohol.
Please see http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2005/20050042.htm and page 21 of operating schedule for guidance.
- 3. Consents - Two signatures (named on Company cert) and a designated Superviser for the bar.
- 4. Notification - Needed for freeholder and relivant authorities. Possibly chief of police too.
- 5. Statement - Of the organizations intent
- 6. Advertisments (B) - After application is sent. To be up for no less than 28 days and a published version within 10 days of application.
- 7. Application of Personal Licence holders - alos available on the gov site. But as we're going through training all docs should be supplied.
What we need apply for Premises Licence:
- a completed application form,
- including an 'operating schedule'
- a plan of the premises in the prescribed form
- if the application requests the authorisation to supply alcohol, a form containing the consent of the proposed designated premises supervisor in the prescribed form
the prescribed fee
A
Firstly I think the plans are a major point and, if not already, has to specifically contain these:
Plans
- 23.
- (1) An application for a premises licence under section 17, or a club premises certificate under section 71, shall be accompanied by a plan of the premises to which the application relates and which shall comply with the following paragraphs of this regulation.
- (2) Unless the relevant licensing authority has previously agreed in writing with the applicant following a request by the applicant that an alternative scale plan is acceptable to it, in which case the plan shall be drawn in that alternative scale, the plan shall be drawn in standard scale.
- (3) The plan shall show -
- (a) the extent of the boundary of the building, if relevant, and any external and internal walls of the building and, if different, the perimeter of the premises;
- (b) the location of points of access to and egress from the premises;
- (c) if different from sub-paragraph (3)(b), the location of escape routes from the premises;
- (d) in a case where the premises is to be used for more than one licensable activity, the area within the premises used for each activity;
- (e) fixed structures (including furniture) or similar objects temporarily in a fixed location (but not furniture) which may impact on the ability of individuals on the premises to use exits or escape routes without impediment;
- (f) in a case where the premises includes a stage or raised area, the location and height of each stage or area relative to the floor;
- (g) in a case where the premises includes any steps, stairs, elevators or lifts, the location of the steps, stairs, elevators or lifts;
- (h) in the case where the premises includes any room or rooms containing public conveniences, the location of the room or rooms;
- (i) the location and type of any fire safety and any other safety equipment including, if applicable, marine safety equipment; and
- (j) the location of a kitchen, if any, on the premises.
- (4) The plan may include a legend through which the matters mentioned or referred to in paragraph (3) are sufficiently illustrated by the use of symbols on the plan.
Rights of notification:
Rights of freeholder: Rights of freeholder etc. to be notified of licensing matters
- 9. In a case of a person giving a notice of his property interest in any premises under section 178, that notice shall be in the form and shall contain the information set out in Schedule 1 and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
Interim authority notices
- 15. An interim authority notice given under section 47 shall be in the form and shall contain the information set out in Schedule 7 and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
Notice to responsible authority
- 27. In the case of an application for a premises licence under section 17, a provisional statement under section 29, a variation of a premises licence under section 34, a review under section 51, a club premises certificate under section 71, a review under section 87 or a variation of a club premises certificate under section 84, the person making the application shall give notice of his application to each responsible authority by giving to each authority a copy of the application together with its accompanying documents, if any, on the same day as the day on which the application is given to the relevant licensing authority.
- I think the authorities give notice to chief officer of police. If we were renewing or changing information within the licence we would personally have to notify them.
=Consents
- 24. - (1) In the case of an application under section 17 which relates to the supply of alcohol or section 37, the consent of the individual who the applicant wishes to have specified in the licence as the premises supervisor under section 17(3)(c) or 37(3)(a) in the premises licence shall be in the form set out in Part A of Schedule 11.
B
Advertizing of application:
In the case of an application for the grant or variation of a premises licence and for provisional statements, the person making the application must display a pale blue A4 (or larger) notice, printed legibly in black ink or typed in black, in a size equal (or larger) to 16 font, prominently at or on the premises to which the application relates. Where the premises covers an area of more than 50 metre squared, the same notice must be placed every 50 metres along the external perimeter of the premises. The notice must be displayed for 28 consecutive days, starting the day after the application is given to the relevant licensing authority. In addition to this, they publish a notice in a local newspaper (or if there is none, in a local newsletter, circular or similar document) circulating in the vicinity of the premises, at least once during the 10 working days after the application is given to the relevant licensing authority.
What information needs to be included in the advertisement?
In all cases, these notices need to state:
- the name of the applicant
- the postal address of the premises, or if none, a description to allow it to be identified
- a statement of the licensable activities you propose to carry on
- the postal and website address (if any) where the relevant licensing authority's register is kept and can be inspected
- the date by which an interested party or responsible authority may make representations
- that representations may be made in writing
- that it is an offence knowingly or recklessly to make a false statement in connection with an application and the maximum fine for which a person is liable on summary conviction for the offence
- (i) which is -
- (aa) of a size equal or larger than A4,
- (bb) of a pale blue colour,
- (cc) printed legibly in black ink or typed in black in a font of a size equal to or larger than 16;
- (ii) in all cases, prominently at or on the premises to which the application relates where it can be conveniently read from the exterior of the premises and in the case of a premises covering an area of more than 50 metres square, a further notice in the same form and subject to the same requirements every fifty metres along the external perimeter of the premises abutting any highway; and
- (b) by publishing a notice -
- (i) in a local newspaper or, if there is none, in a local newsletter, circular or similar document, circulating in the vicinity of the premises;
- (ii) on at least one occasion during the period of 10 working days starting on the day after the day on which the application was given to the relevant licensing authority.
- (b) by publishing a notice -
- (i) which is -
LICENSING AUTHORITIES - MISCELLANEOUS
Validity of premises licences and club premises certificates
- 30. A relevant licensing authority may not grant a premises licence or club premises certificate to have effect before the second appointed day.
Form of premises licence and summary
- 33. A premises licence shall -
- (a) include an identifier for the relevant licensing authority;
- (b) include a number that is unique to the licence; and
- (c) be in the form and shall contain the information set out in Part A of Schedule 12.
- 34. A summary of a premises licence shall -
- (a) include the identifier for the relevant licensing authority;
- (b) include the licence number referred to in regulation 33; and
- (c) be in the form and shall contain the information set out in Part B of Schedule 12, printed on paper of a size equal to or larger than A4.
Validity of forms, notices and application
- 41. A relevant licensing authority shall not reject any application or notice by reason only of the fact that it is given on a form provided otherwise than from the relevant licensing authority but which complies with the requirements of these Regulations.
Acknowledgement of notification of an interest
- 42. The relevant licensing authority shall as soon as reasonably practicable on receipt of a notification to it under section 178 acknowledge its receipt by returning a copy of the notification to the notifier duly endorsed.
