Premises licence

Selling alcohol

Any premises which would like to sell alcohol will require a designated premises supervisor (DPS) who takes responsibility for the sale of alcohol.

This person will need to hold a personal licence and must download and complete the DPS consent form
  

Download the form

What is regulated entertainment?

Regulated entertainment are activities that need some form of licensing permission. These include:

  • plays
  • showing films
  • indoor sporting events
  • boxing or wrestling
  • live music
  • recorded music
  • performances of dance to an audience
  • any entertainment like live music, recorded music or performance of dance

Entertainment that is always regulated

These include:

  • entertainment provided for more than 500 people (or over 1000 people for indoor sporting events)
  • entertainment provided between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m.
  • boxing and wrestling performances

Entertainment that is not regulated

These include:

  • plays or dance performed between 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. to no more than 500 people
  • ‘not for profit’ film exhibitions held in a ‘community premises’ (including community centres, village and church halls) between 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. to no more than 500 people
  • amplified live and recorded music in ‘community premises’, workplaces, schools and hospitals between 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. for no more than 500 people
  • unamplified live music between 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. for any size audience
  • indoor sporting events between 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. for an audience of no more than 1000 people - excluding boxing and wrestling

Other common exemptions

These could be:

  • films as part of an exhibition in a museum or gallery
  • live TV and radio broadcasts
  • religious meetings and services
  • entertainment in places of public worship
  • entertainment provided in a moving vehicle
  • morris dancing
  • incidental entertainment - this is where the entertainment is not the main purpose for the event, for example, background music in a shop

What if there is a complaint?

If the event is found to cause a nuisance, particularly in relation to music, then it may be regulated following a review of the premises licence.