Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015
What this means for your business
- Applies to
- United Kingdom
- On this page
- 1 compliance obligation, 3 practical guides across 2 topics
What you must do
1 compliance obligation under this legislation — 1 can result in imprisonment.
Offences and prohibitions 1
Arrange sub‑contracted hire booking knowing the subcontractor will breach licence conditions
6 months imprisonmentIf you are a licensed private‑hire operator and you pass a booking on to another operator, you commit an offence if you know that the second operator will break the licence requirements set out in section 46(1)(e). A conviction can lead to a fine and/or imprisonment, although the exact maximum penalty is not specified in this provision.
Penalties for non-compliance
1 penalty under this legislation. 1 can result in imprisonment. 1 carry an unlimited fine.
Arrange sub‑contracted hire booking knowing the subcontractor will breach licence conditions
Unlimited fine and/or 6 months imprisonment
Practical guidance
Our guides explain how to comply with the requirements above.
Apply for entertainment and alcohol premises licence
Complete guide to applying for a premises licence for entertainment, alcohol sales, or late-night refreshment in England and Wales - …
Late night refreshment licence
Understand when you need authorisation to supply hot food or drink between 11pm and 5am. Covers what counts as late …
Start Up Loans
Government-backed loans from £500 to £25,000 with fixed 6% interest and free business mentoring.
Sections and provisions
139 classified provisions from this legislation.
Powers 20
- s.4 English apprenticeships: funding arrangements
- s.5 English apprenticeships: disclosure of information
- s.17 Authorisation of insolvency practitioners
- s.26 Public rights of way: procedure
- s.37 Prescribed form of section 21 notices
- s.45 Short-term use of London accommodation: power to relax restrictions
- s.48 Provision of advice etc about residential licences
- s.53 Civil penalties for parking contraventions: enforcement
- s.55 Removal of duty to order re-hearing of marine accident investigations
- s.56 Repeal of power to make provision for blocking injunctions
- s.58 Household waste: de-criminalisation
- s.63 Child trust funds: safeguards for children's interests
- s.77 TV licensing: duty to review sanctions
- s.85 Power of HMRC to disclose information for purposes of certain litigation
- s.99 Information contained in entries of marriages and civil partnerships
- s.109 Functions to which section 108 applies
- s.110 Guidance on duty under section 108
- s.112 Consequential amendments, repeals and revocations
- s.114 Extent
- s.115 Commencement
Definitions 7
- s.20 Recorded rights of way: additional protection protected right of way cut-off date
- s.21 Unrecorded rights of way: protection from extinguishment the designation period enactment cut-off date
- s.38 Compliance with prescribed legal requirements
- s.76 Exhibition of films in community premises
- s.78 TV licensing: alternatives to criminal sanctions the BBC legislation
- s.106 Ambulatory references to international shipping instruments international instrument
- s.111 Sections 108 to 110: interpretation regulatory function
Exemptions 11
- s.12 Space activity: limit on indemnity required
- s.14 Shippers etc of gas
- s.18 Auditors ceasing to hold office
- Schedule 21 Poisons and explosives precursors
- s.33 Preventing retaliatory eviction
- s.34 Further exemptions to section 33
- s.39 Requirement for landlord to provide prescribed information
- s.42 Optional building requirements
- s.43 Amendment of Planning and Energy Act 2008
- s.105 Combining different forms of subordinate legislation
- Schedule 17 Part to be inserted as Part 5A of the Licensing Act 2003