Licensing Act 2003

Small venues providing dancing and amplified or unamplified music

Where:

• a Premises Licence or Club Premises Certificate authorises the supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises and the provision of music entertainment (live music and dancing)
• the relevant premises are used primarily for the consumption of alcohol on the premises
• the premises have a capacity of up to 200

Any conditions relating to the provision of music entertainment imposed on the Licence by the Licensing Authority, other than those set out by the licence or certificate which are consistent with the Operating Schedule, will be suspended except where they were imposed as being necessary for public safety or the prevention of crime and disorder.

In addition, where

• a premises Licence or Club Premises Certificate authorises the provision of music entertainment (live music and dancing)
• the premises have a capacity limit of up to 200

then, between the hours of 0800 and midnight, if the premises are being used for the provision of unamplified live music but no other description of regulated entertainment, any conditions imposed on the Licence by the Licensing Authority, again other than those which are consistent with the Operating Schedule, which relate to the provision of that music entertainment, will be suspended.

(Note that the exemptions for small venues may be disapplied following a review of a premises licence or club premises certificate)