Part 7Offences
Unauthorised licensable activities
136Unauthorised licensable activities
(1)
A person commits an offence if—
(a)
he carries on or attempts to carry on a licensable activity on or from any premises otherwise than under and in accordance with an authorisation, or
(b)
he knowingly allows a licensable activity to be so carried on.
(2)
Where the licensable activity in question is the provision of regulated entertainment, a person does not commit an offence under this section if his only involvement in the provision of the entertainment is that he—
(a)
performs in a play,
(b)
participates as a sportsman in an indoor sporting event,
(c)
boxes or wrestles in a boxing or wrestling entertainment,
(d)
performs live music,
(e)
plays recorded music,
(f)
performs dance, or
(g)
does something coming within paragraph 2(1)(h) of Schedule 1 (entertainment similar to music, dance, etc.).
(3)
Subsection (2) is to be construed in accordance with Part 3 of Schedule 1.
(4)
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to F1a fine, or to both.
(5)
In this Part “authorisation” means—
(a)
a premises licence,
(b)
a club premises certificate, or
(c)
a temporary event notice in respect of which the conditions of section 98(2) to (4) are satisfied.