Religious services, places of worship etc.

9 The provision of any entertainment or entertainment facilities —
(a) for the purposes of, or for purposes incidental to, a religious meeting
or service, or
(b) at a place of public religious worship,
is not to be regarded as the provision of regulated entertainment for the
purposes of this Act.

So my cockney knee-up around the pub piano would have earlier qualified as being thought 'traditional' enough to be exempt and now I assume it would not be considered as religious enough............

There must be some irony in the fact that these carols are only being sung in the local pubs because they were not thought suitable for church services. Perhaps LAs should not be risking being seen to take sides in these theological matters?