education is compulsory

There are three exceptions to the requirement to obtain a licence. The first one relates to school children taking part in school productions, so not applicable to home educated young people. The other two exceptions are:

• When the production is organised by an amateur group such as a youth club or amateur operatic society. The organisers of the group should apply and obtain permission from the Local Education Authority before a child can appear in their production.
• When the child is taking part in no more than four performances in a six month period.

Whenever an Entertainment Licence is issued, there is a legal requirement that the child must be looked after (chaparoned) either by the child's own parent (parent cannot delegate this responsibility to any other person) or by a Matron who has been approved by the child's Local Education Authority. [Regulation 12(1)]

There may be, included in the licence, a condition to the effect that they must receive tuition during the event. The Licence Holder must provide a tutor who has been approved by the Local Education Authority, and a suitable place, approved by the Local Education Authority (in whose area the event is taking place) to receive the tuition. [Regulation14(1) & (2)]. The amount of tuition a child must receive is below.

If the child's performance is a recorded performance, and any period of recording on location exceeds one week, then, during each complete period of four weeks (or any period of less than four weeks but over one week) the number of tuition hours may be aggregated over that period. For the hours to be deemed satisfactory, the child:

• Must not receive less than six hours tuition during each weekly period
• Must not receive more than a maximum of five hours tuition on any one day
• May be taught on days other than 'normal' school days

[Regulation 10 (4)]