2. Restrictions and limitations
- No more than 499 people at any one time for each event.
- Each TEN can last up to 168 hours (seven days). There must be a break of at least 24 hours between each TEN.
- You must be over the age of 18 to serve a temporary events notice.
- You can only apply for a TEN as an individual, not an organisation.
If your event is for more than 499 people, will last longer than 7 days or doesn't meet certain other limits for temporary event notices, you may instead need to apply for a time-limited premises licence to authorise the licensable activities. In this instance we recommend you contact us by email at least 6 months before any event to discuss this further and start the application process.
You'll need a separate TEN for each event you hold even if it's on the same premises.
You can serve up to 5 TENs a year (of which 2 may be late notices).
If you have a personal licence to sell alcohol, you can serve up to 50 TENs a year (of which 10 may be late notices).
A single premises can have up to 15 notices applied for in one year, as long as:
- the total length of the events is not more than 21 days. Please note: events that carry on after midnight will count as 2 days.
- the person serving the notice doesn't exceed the amount of TENs they can serve in a year.
- There must be a minimum of 24 hours between each event notified by an event organiser at any premises.
- Multiple TENS can be submitted at the same time but each event is a separate TEN with a separate fee payable. The limits set out above cannot be exceeded.
Where premises are available for hire by organisations or individuals for their own events, premises owners and operators must be aware that TENs submitted will be counted under the limits set down in the Act. It is therefore recommended that a booking agreement is used to make sure that all TENS made in respect of premises are made with the agreement of the premises owner or operator. This is particularly important for village halls and similar premises.