Interim Authority Notice

If a premises licence lapses, you can submit a notice to have it reinstated for up to three months, if this was due to:

• insolvency
• the death of the licence holder, or
• because the licence holder has become mentally incapacitated

This should provide sufficient time for someone else to apply to become the new licence holder.

The notice may be given by one of the following:

• a personal representative of the former licence holder, in cases where that individual has died
• a person acting for the former licence-holder under a registered power of attorney, in cases where the former licence holder lacks the capacity to continue to hold the licence
• by an insolvency practitioner, in cases where the former licence holder has become insolvent; or
• by the freeholder or leaseholder of the premises concerned, in any of the above situations

The notice must be given within 28 days from the lapse of the licence. The fee is £23.

An application to transfer the premises licence must be made while the Interim Authority Notice remains valid or the licence will lapse.