- Description
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If you want to show films to the public, you will need a cinema licence. This includes any exhibition of moving pictures and includes recorded films and screening of performances.
A cinema licence is not needed for:
- showing films in a private house, to which the public are not admitted, provided the exhibition is not for private gain
- non-commercial film exhibitions to which the public are not admitted or are admitted without payment or exhibitions by exempted societies or organisations
- occasional and exceptional exhibitions - where premises are used on no more than six days in the calendar year
- mobile cinemas (other than for where the owner of the mobile unit resides)
- video games
- screening of television programmes at the time they are received
- Fees and duration
- How to apply
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You will need to have:
- a credit or debit card
- read the standard conditions for a cinema
- read and understood the fees related to this licence
If your application is refused you can request for us to give you a statement of reasons. You have a right of appeal to the Sheriff Court.
- Forms and guidance
- Contact us
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Licencing team
- Phone: 01349 886609
- Email: licensing@highland.gov.uk
