"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."

That's a classic definition. The official definition of "public music" is "public music". This could be a whole new approach to writing dictionaries. "The definition of 'cat' is 'cat'; 'apple' is defined as 'apple'..."

Has anyone seen in anything from anybody in authority a recognition of the fact that pubs are not the only public places where it is possible to make music? And that the existing Public Entertainment Licence requirements apply to all places in England and Wales to which the public has access. (Apart from church services, and the two-in-a-bar exemption which is to go.)