Readers may remember our enews urging operators to consider issuing a Temporary Event Notice (TENs) to 1am if their existing hours don’t extend to 11pm.
As a reminder, the Licensing Act 2003 (UEFA Football Championship Licensing Hours) Order 2024 relaxes the Licensing Act 2003 for matches involving England if they reach the semi finals and/or final of UEFA Euro 2024.
With England now progressing to the last 16, we urge operators to review their premises licence. The euros licensing hours relaxation order only applies to premises already authorised for alcohol sales until at least 23:00, meaning that if your licence only permits the sale of alcohol until earlier on those days you will not benefit and will instead have to issue a Temporary Events Notice.
With this said, it is important to note that the deadline for the semi-finals and finals TENs are fast approaching.
Semi finals
Date of occasion: 9th July 2024
Standard TEN: Passed
Late TEN: 1st July 2024
Date of occasion: 10th July 2024
Standard TEN: Passed
Late TEN: 2nd July 2024
Euros Finals
Date of occasion: 14th July 2024
Standard TEN: 28th June 2024
Late TEN: 5th July 2024
Please feel free to contact any of our solicitors for further advice here.
And if you’d like to hear all about TENs, you can listen to this podcast with specialist alcohol licensing solicitor Suraj Desor.
