"...the new regime probably won't happen until Mar 2005..."

I'd been under the impression it was due for the start of the new year, and that's the impression the landlord at at least one pub has been working under, and he's been planning on that basis to jump through the hoops, so as to be able to have an increased number of music nights without having to look lover his shoulder.
The musicians Union page says "about 18 months".   Has anybody got any clear information about this.

These bastards do faff around don't they?