Club premises certificate

Why should you get a club premises certificate?

If you carry out a licensable activity without a club premises certificate (or premises licence) after the Second Appointed Day (date to be confirmed, but expected to be in November 2005), you will be breaking the law.

A club premises certificate also brings with it considerable freedoms: the possibility of carrying out extra activities and the opening hours you and your community want.

Furthermore, the granting of a club premises certificate entitles a qualifying club to certain benefits:

• Supply of alcohol to members and sale to guests without a need for any member or employee to hold a personal licence
• No need to specify a Designated Premises Supervisor
• More limited rights of entry for the police and authorised persons because premises are considered private and not generally open to the public

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