4.—(1) A licensing authority must not grant a licence unless it receives an application for a licence, which must—
(a)be made in writing by the applicant, who is—
(i)the person responsible for the production of the performance in which the child is to take part; or
(ii)the person responsible for the organisation of, or engaging the child in, the activity;
(b)be in the form set out in Schedule 1 (form of application for a licence) or in a form to the like effect;
(c)be accompanied by the documents specified in the form set out in that Schedule; and
(d)be signed by the applicant, a parent of the child and, if the application relates to a performance or activity for which the child will require to be absent from school, the head teacher at the child’s school.
(2) The licensing authority may refuse to grant a licence if the application is not received at least 21 days before the day on which the first performance or activity for which the licence is requested is to take place.