Licensing Act “fundamentally flawed”, rules Lords
A House of Lords committee has completed its ten-month inquiry into the Licensing Act 2003, finding the legislation is in need of a "radical overhaul"
News By IQ | 4 April 2017
The Licensing Act 2003, which governs the issuing of entertainment licences for live music in the UK, is “fundamentally flawed”, a House of Lords committee has found.
Among the recommendations of the Licensing Act 2003 committee, which led a ten-month inquiry into the legislation, are the abolition of local-authority planning committees, with licensing instead integrated with planning applications; the abolition of ‘late-night levies’ – or extra charges levied on venues to pay for the cost of of policing – which were described…
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