The Licensing Act 2003 ("the Act") provides for fees to be payable to the licensing authority in respect of the discharge of their functions. These include:
The fee levels have been set centrally by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. They have been set at a level to allow licensing authorities full cost recovery for the administration, inspection and enforcement of the new regime.
Fee levels may be altered if necessary by means of amending regulations.
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
These are based on Non Domestic Rateable Value and can range from £100 to £635. Please refer to guidance notes
The fee is to fully recover the administration, inspection and enforcement costs of licensing authorities, which arise out of carrying out their licensing functions under the Act. This is to avoid any need for council tax payers to subsidise these costs.
The central setting of fees removed the considerable and widespread regional inconsistencies that existed with fee levels in relation to the provision of regulated entertainment and late night refreshment.
In order to reflect certain differences in the costs of administering the licensing regime the Government used non-domestic rateable value of the premises to allocate premises a fee level. Non-domestic rateable value is in part calculated on the basis of turnover and location of the premises. Particular types of premises which do not have non-domestic rateable values would be allocated Band A.
No. The fee for a premises licence or club premises certificate is the same regardless of whether you apply at the same time for it to authorise one, two or all of the licensable activities.
The fee for a personal licence is £37. Personal licences will be valid for ten years after which the statutory renewal fee will be required.
Temporary event notices (TENs) licence fee is £21 per notice. More details on a TEN are here.
A premises licence is required to carry on licensable activities. There is an exemption from the requirement to pay the fee, in respect of the provision of regulated entertainment only (in the case of the school if the entertainment is provided by the school but not otherwise). If the authority for use of the school or hall also requires permission to sell alcohol or provide late night refreshment, then the fee for a premises licence or a temporary event notice for the supply of alcohol or the provision of late night refreshment is payable. Licensing authority costs in respect of these exemptions for the provision of regulated entertainment are being met by central government.
The fees for variations are based on non domestic business rates. Please refer to the Guidance Notes.
If you do not pay your annual fee, the fee will be recoverable as a debt by the licensing authority.
No. The fee will be payable in full at the time of application and also at the time stipulated in regulations in respect of the annual fee.
Look at the Department for culture, Media and Sport website (External website**).
Not necessarily. The Secretary of State can alter fee levels at any time by means of amending regulations and fee levels will be monitored to ensure that they are enabling licensing authorities to recover fully their costs. If it proves necessary to raise the fees in the future, they would be increased. Similarly, the fees could be reduced if experience showed that they had been set too high.
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