Under the Occupiers Liability Act, what is the economic interest status of a licensee?

• A. No economic interest
• B. Economic interest
• C. Partial economic interest
• D. Economic interest only if paid

Answer: (B)

In this area, who is on the premises affects the duty the occupier owes. A licensee is someone who enters with the occupier’s permission for their own purposes, not as part of the occupier’s business. In the Occupiers Liability Act framework used here, this entrant is treated as having an economic interest in being there—there’s some economic relevance to their presence on the property, even if they’re not there as a paying customer. That economic stake can influence how the occupier assesses safety and discloses hazards.

So the economic interest status of a licensee is that they have an economic interest. If you were weighing other options, a lack of economic interest would imply no potential economic benefit from the visit, which isn’t the interpretation used in this context; the idea here is that licensees do carry some economic relevance to the premises.