Temporary Event Notice
A notice under the Licensing Act 2003 allowing licensable activities at unlicensed premises for up to 168 hours (7 days), for up to 499 persons, up to 15 TENs per premises per year.
Independent editorial summary — not the official statute text. Read the official version on legislation.gov.uk.
Section 100 of the Licensing Act 2003 allows an individual to give a licensing authority notice — a 'temporary event notice' — of a proposal to use premises for one or more licensable activities during a period not exceeding 168 hours. An individual may not give a temporary event notice unless they are aged 18 or over.
In practice, an event covered by a TEN must have fewer than 500 people present at all times, including staff, and last no more than 168 hours (7 days). A person can get up to 5 TENs a year, or up to 50 a year if they already hold a personal licence to sell alcohol, and a single premises can have up to 15 TENs applied for in one year, provided the total length of the events does not exceed 21 days, with at least a 24-hour gap between consecutive events.
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