Interim authority notice

  1. Summary

    All premises have a new premises licence as of May 2024.  Please contact premises.licensing@manchester.gov.uk before completing this form if you have not already. 

    If a premises licence lapses due to the death, incapacity or insolvency of the licence holder, someone with an interest in the premises or someone connected to the person who previously held the licence, can submit an Interim Authority Notice (IAN). 

    An Interim Authority Notice (IAN) must be submitted within 28-days of the date the licence lapsed. 

    The licence is then reinstated and the person who submitted the notice is then the holder of the licence. An IAN remains in force for a period of three months during which time an application to transfer the licence can be made. 

    Important Note: Individual applicants are not entitled to be issued with a licence if the licence authorises the sale of alcohol or late night refreshment if they do not have the 

    entitlement to live and work in the UK, or if they are subject to a condition preventing them from doing work relating to the carrying on of a licensable activity.  

    Home Office Immigration Enforcement will need to be served with a copy of the application (where the premises sells alcohol by retail or provides late night refreshment) and will have 14 days to object if they have grounds to do so. 

  2. Fees

    £23.00

  3. Application and guidance notes

    Apply for an Interim Authority Notice on our licensing website

    Guidance notes

    Entitlement to work/immigration status guidance notes

  4. Processing and timescales

    Within 10 working days from receipt of application.

  5. Policy

    Read the Statement of Licensing policy

  6. Legislation

    The Licensing Act 2003 (Premises Licences and Club Premises Certificates)

  7. Validity and renewals

    The premises licence to which the IAN applies is subject to an annual fee, payable by the licence holder. The annual fee is due on the anniversary of the grant of the original premises licence, an invoice shall be raised automatically and sent to the licence holder.

  8. Register

    View the Licensing Act 2003 Public Register (external website).

  9. Complaints

    Contact Licensing in the first instance.

  10. Contact us

    premises.licensing@manchester.gov.uk

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