Temporary Event Notices (TENs) guidance notes

Note 15

As stated under note 14, a personal licence holder (issued under the Licensing Act 2003) may give up to 50 temporary event notices (including 10 late notices) in any calendar year. An individual who does not hold a personal licence may only give five temporary event notices (including too late notices) in England and Wales in any calendar year. A calendar year is the period between first of January to 31st of December inclusive in any year.

If an event straddles two calendar years, it will count against the limits on temporary event notices for each year. However, only one notice needs to be given. The limits are:

  1. for event periods occurring wholly or partly in 2022 or 2023, up to 20 times in the calendar year for each premises;
  2. for other event periods, 15 times in a calendar year for each premises;
  3. four event periods (or any part of a.) Occurring in 2022 or 2023, 26 days in the calendar year for each premises;
  4. for  other event. 20 one days in a calendar year for each premises;
  5. 50 per personal licence holder each calendar year; and
  6. 5 for non-holders each calendar year.

For the purposes of determining the overall limits are 50 temporary event notices per personal licence holder (in a calendar year) and of 5 For a non-personal licence holder (in a calendar year),

temporary event notices given by an associate or a person who is in business with a premises user (and that business involves carrying on licensable activities) count towards those totals. Note 16 below set out the definition of an “associate”.

If a temporary event notice has been given for the same premises, by the same premises user, and would have effect within 24 hours before the start of the event. Under the current proposal or within 24 hours after the end of that period, the temporary event notice given would be void and any licensable activities carried on under it would therefore be unlicensed.

For the purposes of determining whether or not the required gap of 24 hours is upheld, temporary event notices given by an associate or a person who is in business with a premises user (and that business involves carrying on licensable activities) count as if they had been given by the premises user. Note 16 below sets out the definition of an ”associate”.

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