The following infomation and view from Hamish

The Department for Culture has today confirmed the Government's current position: it will NOT require future licensees to declare the provision of live satellite tv on their licence application. However, Ministers may be persuaded to change their minds if a reasonable case against this can be made [how gracious].

My view: we should use this as an argument in favour of an exemption for live music that is incidental to the main business of the premises.

Public music or dancing as defined in the current statute (i.e. Local Govnmnt [Misc Prov] Act 1982 or London Govnmnt Act 1963) will be licensable under the new regime. This basically means public music or dancing or entertainment of a like kind. This will include DJs playing recorded sound, or jukebox.

Hamish Birchall