Apparently there is government guidance on these things which has been uncovered and we'll get our party after all! Cheers, nameless* minion of Durham County Council!
It might be useful for future reference, so I've asked for it: http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/guidance_on_working_days might have more information in a few days. Dave. *: Presumably they have a name; but I don't know it. On 7 February 2012 13:20, Tim Packer <[email protected]> wrote: > (Hello. I'm the person who actually submitted the notice in question.) > > > On 7 February 2012 13:05, paul perrin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> <quote> >> (2) Where that person is a licensing authority, the relevant document must >> be given by addressing it to the authority and leaving it at or sending it >> by post to— >> </quote> >> It says 'Leaving it at' - so once 'left' it is no longer your >> responsibility what happens to it next... >> >> If the council are only allowed 10 days notice, and the police require 10 >> days from them, then it seems the council have a real problem that *they* >> need to sort out. >> >> From Francis Davey's link: > > > The document was submitted, in fact, on Saturday via the government's > Business Link website, which is the council's approved method of electronic > submission > (http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/piplink?agency_id=870&service_id=16200010001). > > The act says "The temporary event notice [...] must be given to the relevant > licensing authority no later than ten working days before the day on which > the event period begins" - the reference is to 'given', not 'received'. > > I thought section 102.1 of the Act might also be significant: > > "Where a licensing authority receives a temporary event notice (in > duplicate) in accordance with this Part, it must acknowledge receipt of the > notice by sending or delivering one notice to the premises user— > (a)before the end of the first working day following the day on which it was > received, or > (b)if the day on which it was received was not a working day, before the end > of the second working day following that day." > > ...which appears to contradict the notion that a notice can only be > considered to have been received on a working day. > > Thanks all for your thoughts. > > Tim > > _______________________________________________ > developers-public mailing list > [email protected] > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > > Unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/dave.mckee%40gmail.com _______________________________________________ developers-public mailing list [email protected] https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public Unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/archive%40mail-archive.com
