These are known as licensable activities and the University already holds a number of Premises Licences for certain buildings and areas of the campus permitting such activities to take place upon certain conditions. Where there is no such licence currently in place, for one-off or occasional events you are likely to need to apply for a temporary licence, known as a Temporary Event Notice (TEN). Such an application has to be made by an individual. There are criminal sanctions for holding licensable activities without the requisite licence being in place and so it is vital to make appropriate enquiries at an early stage in the process of organising your event.

Legal Services can provide advice on the licensing process, including:

• whether you need to apply for a licence
• University premises already benefitting from a Premises Licence completing an application for a TEN
• fees that may be payable to the Council
• what timescales and deadlines may apply.

Please see the Frequently Asked Questions section which contains further information that we hope will provide some guidance but if you have further queries, please contact James Piggott (j.t.piggott@bham.ac.uk, tel. 47991) for initial advice.

Further useful information is available on the website for the government's Department of Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) - www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/alcohol_and_entertainment/default.aspx and from Birmingham City Council's Licensing Section, Crystal Court, Aston Business Park, 50 Rocky Lane Birmingham B6 5RQ (tel. 0121-303 9896) www.birmingham.gov.uk/licensing.bcc.