The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #126147   Message #2814324
Posted By: GUEST,The Shambles
17-Jan-10 - 01:25 PM
Thread Name: Licensing consultation announced!
Subject: RE: Licensing consultation announced!
This is a rather important part of the consultation. Entertainment Facilities were introduced for the first time in the Licensing Act 2003.

As it is only facilities for music and dancing that are made licensable, this introduction is clearly descriminatory. Why should the provision of a piano, PA or a stage be a licensable entertainment facility, when the provision of a pool table or a boxing ring is not?

On a practical level, how can any performance of music or dancing be exempt as incidental or under any of the other exemptions, where the facilities required for them require the premises to be licensed?


http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/consultations/091020PN_FACILITIES_clarification_condoc.pdf