# Licensing Act 2003, Section 136: Unauthorised licensable activities

Extent: E+W

(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 a 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/17/section/136 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-act-2003/section-136
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