London Government Act 1963

Music and dancing licences

1(1)Subject to sub-paragraph (6) of this paragraph no premises in Greater London, whether or not licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquor, shall be used for any of the following purposes, that is to say, public dancing or music and any other public entertainment of the like kind, except under and in accordance with the terms of a licence granted under this paragraph by the Greater London Council (hereafter in this Schedule referred to as " the Council").

(2)The Council may grant to any applicant therefor and from time to time renew a licence for the use of any premises specified therein for all or any of the purposes aforesaid on such terms and conditions and subject to such restrictions as may be so specified.

(3)Subject to the next following sub-paragraph and to paragraph 19 (3) of this Schedule, a licence granted under this paragraph shall, unless previously cancelled under paragraph 8 or revoked under paragraph 10 (4) of this Schedule, remain in force for one year or for such shorter period specified in the licence as the Council may think fit.

(4)The Council may grant a licence under this paragraph in respect of such one or more particular occasions only as may be specified in the licence, and a licence granted by virtue of this sub-paragraph is hereafter in this Schedule referred to as an " occasional music licence ".

(5)Where a licence has been granted under this paragraph to any person, the Council may, if they think fit, transfer that licence to any other person on the application of that other person or the holder off the licence.

(6)Sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph shall not apply to the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, the Royal Covent Garden Opera House, the Theatre Royal Haymarket or the Royal Albert Hall or to any entertainment lawfully held by virtue of letters patent or licence of the Crown or the licence of the lord chamberlain of Her Majesty's household.

2(1)An applicant for the grant or transfer of a licence under paragraph 1 of this Schedule in respect of any premises shall give to the Council and to the commissioner of police in whose district the premises are situated not less than twenty-one days' notice of his intention to make the application and furnish such particulars and give such other notices as the Council may by regulations prescribe.

(2)An applicant for the renewal of a licence under the said paragraph 1 shall give to the Council twenty-eight days' notice of his intention to make the application.

(3)In relation to an application for the grant, renewal or transfer of an occasional music licence, the two foregoing sub-paragraphs shall have effect as if for the reference to twenty-one or, as the case may be, twenty-eight days' notice there were substituted a reference to fourteen days' notice and as if the requirement as to notice to the commissioner of police were omitted.

3The person making an application. for the grant, renewal or transfer of a licence under paragraph 1 of this Schedule shall (except where the licence is for an entertainment which in the opinion of the Council is of an educational or other like character or is given for a charitable or other like purpose) on making the application pay to the Council such fee as the Council may fix not exceeding—

(a)where the application is for the grant or renewal of such a licence for a period of one year, not being an application in respect of such premises as are referred to in sub-paragraph (c) of this paragraph, one pound ;

(b)where the application is for the grant or renewal of such a licence for any period of less than one year, not being an application in respect of such premises as aforesaid, five shillings for every month or part of a month, so, however, that the aggregate of the fees payable in respect of the same year and the same premises shall not exceed one pound;

(c)where the application is in respect of premises for which a licence is for the time being in force under the Cinematograph Act 1909, five shillings for every month or part of a month, so, however, that the aggregate of the fees payable in respect of any licence in respect of those premises under the said paragraph 1 shall not in respect of any one year exceed ten shillings;

(d)where the application is for the transfer of a licence under the said paragraph 1, five shillings.