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Questions to decide if you need a premises licence

These basic questions and answers have been designed to help you Glass of beer decide if you need a Premises Licence or need to issue a Temporary Events Notice.

However alcohol entertainment and late night refreshment licensing is a complicated subject.

Question 1 Will you be providing entertainment (plays, films, music, dance or sports) open to the general public or for consideration with a view to profit?
Answer
Yes - Go to question 2.	No - Go to question 22.

Question 2 Will you be performing a play (including rehearsals)?
Answer
Yes - Go to question 17.	No - Go to question 3.

Question 3 Will you be showing films or video?
Answer
Yes - Go to question 4.	No - Go to question 6.

Question 4 Will the showing be solely to demonstrate a product, advertise goods, provide information, education or instruction?
Answer
Yes - Go to question 6.	No - Go to question 5.

Question 5 Will it be part of a museum or art gallery exhibit?
Answer
Yes - Go to question 6.	No - Go to question 16.

Question 6 Does the activity include boxing, wrestling, indoor sport?
Answer
Yes - Go to question 16.	No - Go to question 7.

Question 7 Does the activity include dance?
Answer
Yes - Go to question 16.	No - Go to question 8.

Question 8 Does the activity include live or recorded music?
Answer
Yes - Go to question 9.	No - Go to question 22.

Question 9 Is the music purely incidental to the main entertainment?
Answer
Yes - Go to question 22.	No - Go to question 16.

Question 10 Will you be selling or supplying alcohol?
Answer
Yes - Go to question 11.	No - You do not require a premises licence or temporary event notice

Question 11 Is the alcohol solely for a raffle, tombola, etc. prize?
Answer
Yes - Go to question 12.	No - Go to question 30.

Question 12 Are any of the proceeds for private gain?
Answer
Yes - Go to question 30.	No - Go to question 13.

Question 13 Will the alcohol be in sealed containers?
Answer
Yes - Go to question 14.	No - Go to question 30.

Question 14 Are there any monetary prizes?
Answer
Yes - Go to question 30.	No - Go to question 15.

Question 15 Will the tickets be sold and the prize be drawn only at event?
Answer
Yes - You do not require a premises licence or temporary event notice	No - Go to Question 30.

Question 16 Is the entertainment solely a simultaneous reception and broadcast by television or radio?
Answer
Yes - Go to question 22.	No - Go to question 17.

Question 17 Is the entertainment part of a religious meeting?
Answer
Yes - Go to question 22.	No - Go to question 18.

Question 18 Is the entertainment at a place of public worship?
Answer
Yes - Go to question 22.	No - Go to question 19.

Question 19 Is the activity at fete (or similar) or not for private gain?
Answer
Yes - Go to question 22	No - Go to question 20.

Question 20 Will the activity be Morris Dancing or similar?
Answer
Yes - Go to question 22.	No - Go to question 21.

Question 21 Will the activity take place on a vehicle that is moving (NOT parked)?
Answer
Yes - Go to question 22.	No - Go to question 30.

Question 22 Will you be supplying hot food or drink from a premises or vehicle between 11.00 pm and 5.00 am?
Answer
Yes - Go to question 24.	No - Go to question 23.

Question 23 Will you provide facilities for purchasers to heat supplied food or drink between 11.00 pm and 5.00 am?
Answer
Yes - Go to question 24.	No - Go to question 10.

Question 24 Will the supply be to a recognised club member or guest, an employee, a guest at a hotel, guest house or similar overnight accommodation?
Answer
Yes - Go to question 10.	No - Go to question 25.

Question 25 Will the late night supply be hot drink containing alcohol only?
Answer
Yes - Go to question 10.	No - Go to question 26.

Question 26 Will the only supply be by a vending machine to a member of the public when they insert payment?
Answer
Yes - Go to question 10.	No - Go to question 27.

Question 27 Will the hot food or drink be supplied free (it is not free if admission is charged to the premises or for other items)?
Answer
Yes - Go to question 10.	No - Go to question 28.

Question 28 Will the hot food or drink be supplied by a registered charity?
Answer
Yes - Go to question 10.	No - Go to question 29.

Question 29 Will the hot food or drink be supplied solely on a moving vehicle (not parked)?
Answer
Yes - Go to question 10.	No - Go to question 30.

Question 30 Will activity last less than 96 hours?
Answer
Yes - Go to question 31.	No - You require a premises licence.

Question 31 Do you hold a personal licence?
Answer
Yes - Go to question 32.	No - Go to question 33.

Question 32 Have you or your immediate family, business partner etc given 50 temporary event Notice's in the current year?
Answer
Yes - You require a premises licence.	No - Go to question 34.

Question 33 Have you or your immediate family, business partner etc given 5 temporary event Notice's in the current year?
Answer
Yes - You require a premises licence.	No - Go to question 34.

Question 34 Have 12 temporary event Notice's already been served relating to the premises in the current year (by anybody)?
Answer
Yes - You require a premises licence.	No - Go to question 35.

Question 35 Will the event and any others in the current year for which temporary event Notice's have been given exceed 15 days in total?
Answer
Yes - You require a premises licence.	No - You must issue a temporary events notice or apply for a premises licence.