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Amendment to Licensing Act 2003; Implementation of the Live Music Act 2012 and Proposals from The DCMS to De-Regulate Schedule 1 Licensing Act 2003 (Regulated Entertainment)

 

 

Meeting: 12/07/2012 - Licensing Committee (Item 189)

189 Amendment to Licensing Act 2003; Implementation of the Live Music Act 2012 and Proposals from The DCMS to De-Regulate Schedule 1 Licensing Act 2003 (Regulated Entertainment) pdf icon PDF 24 KB

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Minutes:

The Director of Neighbourhood Services submitted a report updating Members regarding the Live Music Act 2012 (a Private Members Bill with Government support), which had received Royal Assent on 23 March 2012, and was likely to be implemented on 1 October 2012, to allow time for the Section 182 Guidance to be amended.

 

Members were reminded that Officers had reported to Licensing Committee in March 2012 that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) was considering the responses received regarding the proposals to remove licensing requirements for the provision of entertainment facilities.

 

The Interim Licensing Manager stressed that this proposal would widen the licensing exemption for live music integral to a performance of Morris dancing or dancing of a similar type, so that the exemption applied to live or recorded music instead of unamplified live music.  The DCMS was still considering the consultation responses that had been received to date.

 

The Interim Licensing Manager summarised the licensing requirements that would be removed when the Live Music Act came into effect.  Members would be able to reapply conditions should there be an application for a review.

 

The Committee received the report.

 

RESOLVED – that the report be received.