{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-act-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-act-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/17",
  "legislation_title": "Licensing Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The supply of hot food or hot drink on or from any premises at any time is an exempt supply for the purposes of paragraph 1(1) if, at that time, a person will neither—\n(a) be admitted to the premises, nor\n(b) be supplied with hot food or hot drink on or from the premises,\nexcept by virtue of being a person of a description falling within sub-paragraph (2).\n(2) The descriptions are that—\n(a) he is a member of a recognised club,\n(b) he is a person staying at a particular hotel, or at particular comparable premises, for the night in question,\n(c) he is an employee of a particular employer,\n(d) he is engaged in a particular trade, he is a member of a particular profession or he follows a particular vocation,\n(e) he is a guest of a person falling within any of paragraphs (a) to (d).\n(3) The premises which, for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(b), are comparable to a hotel are—\n(a) a guest house, lodging house or hostel,\n(b) a caravan site or camping site, or\n(c) any other premises the main purpose of maintaining which is the provision of facilities for overnight accommodation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/17/schedule/2/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:23.457524+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}