the supply of alcohol by or on behalf of a club to, or to the order of, a member of a
club;
the provision of regulated entertainment; and
the provision of late night refreshment.
Note 7
Regulated entertainment, subject to specified conditions and exemptions, includes:
(a) a performance of a play;
(b) an exhibition of a film;
(c) an indoor sporting event;
(d) a boxing or wrestling entertainment;
(e) a performance of live music;
(f) any playing of recorded music;
(g) a performance of dance; and
(h) entertainment of a similar description to that falling within (e), (f) or (g).
In terms of specific regulated entertainments please note that:
Plays: no licence is required for performances between 08.00 and 23.00
on any day, provided that the audience does not exceed 500.
Dance: no licence is required for performances between 08.00 and 23.00
on any day, provided that the audience does not exceed 500. However, a
performance which amounts to adult entertainment remains licensable.
Films: no licence is required for ‘not-for-profit’ film exhibition held in
community premises between 08.00 and 23.00 on any day provided that
the audience does not exceed 500 and the organiser (a) gets consent to
the screening from a person who is responsible for the premises; and (b)
ensures that each such screening abides by age classification ratings.
Indoor sporting events: no licence is required for performances between
08.00 and 23.00 on any day, provided that the audience does not exceed
1000.
Boxing or Wrestling Entertainment: no licence is required for a contest,
exhibition or display of Greco-Roman wrestling, or freestyle wrestling
between 08.00 and 23.00 on any day, provided that the audience does
not exceed 1000. Combined fighting sports – defined as a contest,
exhibition or display which combines boxing or wrestling with one or more
martial arts – are licensable as a boxing or wrestling entertainment rather
than an indoor sporting event.
Live music: no licence permission is required for:
o a performance of unamplified live music between 08.00 and 23.00
on any day, on any premises.
o a performance of amplified live music between 08.00 and 23.00
on any day on premises authorised to sell alcohol for consumption
on those premises, provided that the audience does not exceed
500.
o a performance of amplified live music between 08.00 and 23.00
on any day, in a workplace that is not licensed to sell alcohol on
those premises, provided that the audience does not exceed 500.
o a performance of amplified live music between 08.00 and 23.00
on any day, in a church hall, village hall, community hall, or other
similar community premises, that is not licensed by a premises
licence to sell alcohol, provided that (a) the audience does not
exceed 500, and (b) the organiser gets consent for the
performance from a person who is responsible for the premises.
o a performance of amplified live music between 08.00 and 23.00
on any day, at the non-residential premises of (i) a local authority,