Theatres Act 1968

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Theatres Act 1968

• The sale of liquor may take place without a
  licence granted under the Licensing Act 1964,
  upon due notice being given to the Clerk to the
  Licensing Justices, providing a theatre licence
  is held.

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Temporary Event Notices

• Each event covered by a TEN can last up to 96
  hours and no more than twelve TENs can be given
  in respect of any particular premises in
  any calendar year, subject to a maximum aggregate
  duration of the periods covered by TENs at any
  individual premises of 15 days in any year. There
  must be a minimum of 24 hours between events
  notified by a premises user or associates of that
  premises user in respect of the same premises.

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The Government undertakes to seek to ensure that
all relevant proposed legislation, regulations,
guidance and practice are checked for impact on
volunteer and community activity and funding
before being adopted, and that the regulatory
impact assessment is published.

• Compact on relations between Government and the
  Voluntary and Community sector in England
  Volunteering, a Code of Good Practice

4
The Government believes it is entirely
reasonable to expect that a premises licence
should be obtained for longer events that may
raise serious public safety or nuisance concerns.
5
To ensure that cultural diversity thrives, local
authorities should consider establishing a policy
of seeking premises licenses from the licensing
authority for public spaces within the community
in their own name. This could include, for
example, village greens, market squares,
community and village halls and similar public
areas. Performers would then have no need to
obtain a licence to enable them to give a
performance in these places.

• Guidance issued under Section 182 of the
  Licensing Act 2003, para 3.59

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On 5 July 2006 the Licensing Minister announced
that village halls and other community venues
would, subject to public consultation, no longer
have to name a single person to be in charge of
their premises licence - instead the
responsibility would fall to the whole management
committee. Village and community halls would then
be akin to private members' clubs, where the
whole committee takes responsibility for the
licence. The effect of this will be to remove the
requirement for the appointment of a Designated
Premises Supervisor as part of the alcohol
licensing requirements.
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LICENSING (SCOTLAND)

• Voluntary organisations can be issued with 4
  occasional licences per year for a period of more
  than four days and 12 for a period of less than
  four days every 12 months, to a maximum of 56
  days.