Apply for interim authority notice
A premises licence will lapse on the death, incapacity or insolvency of the holder. The effect of an interim authority notice is to reinstate the premises licence as if the person giving the notice is the holder of the licence. This allows licensable activities to continue for a maximum period of three months pending its formal disposal or transfer.
You may give an interim authority notice if you:
- Have a legal interest in the premises as freeholder or leaseholder
- Are a limited company, partnership, unincorporated association or other organisation with a legal interest in the premises as a freeholder or leaseholder
- Are a personal representative for the former premises licence holder (where the former licence holder has died)
- Have power of attorney
- Are the insolvency practitioner for the former premises licence holder
What you need to do
You must give the notice to us within 28 days beginning the day after the licence lapsed. You must also send a copy of the notice and copies of any accompanying documents to the police and Home Office (Immigration Enforcement).
If you are applying as an individual or partnership (which is not a limited liability partnership) you must demonstrate that you have an entitlement to work in the UK and are not subject to a condition preventing you from doing work relating to the carrying on of a licensable activity. To do this you must provide copies or scanned copies of the relevant documents with your application.
The notice becomes effective as soon as it is served on us. The person who gives the notice then becomes the holder of the licence.
Fee
The notification must be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
How to apply for an interim authority notice
You can now use our new Regulatory Services Hub to apply for a licence, obtain a copy of a licence, change the details or surrender a licence.
- If you don't already have an account on the Regulatory Services Hub, create an account and verify your account by clicking the link in the email we sent you
- Sign in to the Regulatory Services Hub
- Click ‘Licensing’
- Click ‘Apply for a licence’
- Choose ‘Wandsworth’ from the list of councils
- Under ‘Premises Licence’ choose ‘Interim Authority Notice (Wandsworth)’, to open the relevant application form
- Complete and submit your application including payment
You should note that the application process will not start until the fee is received.
What happens next
As soon as we receive your notification, we will check to ensure that the notice is valid and that it has been submitted to the police.
If we identify a problem
If there is a minor problem with the notice, we may contact you for further information or may return the notice to you for correction. Where there is a fundamental error, the notice may be rejected.
Objections by the police/Home Office
If the police or Home Office have concerns, they may object to the application (within 2 working days). In such cases we will contact you. If you wish to proceed with the application we will hold a hearing of the Council's licensing committee to decide on the notification.
If no objections are received
The notice comes into effect and will last for a maximum of 3 months. You must apply to transfer the licence within this time, otherwise the licence will lapse. We will issue you with the premises licence.
You must notify the designated premises supervisor (DPS) of the interim authority notice.