For the removal of ambiguity the police are the only people who can object
to a Temporary Event Notice.  The 10 day period is for them to do so.

On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Colm Howard-Lloyd <[email protected]>wrote:

> The Licensing Act is pretty clear on this.  The Act requires at least ten
> clear working days notice to the licensing authority when submitting a
> Temporary Event Notice.  10 clear working days excludes the day the notice
> is received and the day of the event.
>
> So therefore an application submitted on Sunday would be processed on a
> Monday and the 10 days would begin on the Tuesday.
>
> A pain, but quite reasonable as the 10 day waiting period is to give
> anyone who may be affected by the licence an opportunity to make
> representations - the consultation period is after application and not
> before.
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 11:48 AM, 'Dragon' Dave McKee <[email protected]
> > wrote:
>
>> Me and my friends are currently mildly miffed with the local council
>> about the meaning of "working days" (with specific regards to alcohol
>> licencing): if an application is submitted during the weekend for an
>> event a fortnight later, and there's no bank holidays in between, has
>> it been submitted ten working days in advance?
>>
>> The council says no; the application is deemed to have been submitted
>> on the Monday and hence there aren't ten clear working days.
>> We obviously want the answer to be yes, and have some circumstantial
>> evidence in the form of
>>
>> http://moderngov.cheshireeast.gov.uk/ecminutes/Published/C00000242/M00002542/AI00007234/$07ClearWorkingDaysreport.docA.ps.pdf
>> [not the council in question]
>>
>> I've got a funny feeling this has come up before in reference to
>> WhatDoTheyKnow and perhaps other sites, hence why I'm asking here: can
>> anyone shine any light on this?
>>
>> All responses will be assumed to have "I am not a lawyer, but..."
>> prepended. :P
>>
>> Dave.
>>
>> PS: The simple solution is to put the application in earlier. Didn't
>> happen last year, didn't happen this year, probably won't happen next
>> year... :P
>>
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