Hello Brian is that you (ex unsound, if it is you will know what I mean)?

The new Act is not yet in force. Honest. The first "appointed day" has not yet occurred.

Comment: The gov't propaganda is not true - for example recorded music will only be exempt if it is "incidental" - and we don't know what that means yet.

Others, read my *** lips. The guidance cannot as a matter of law change the meaning of the Act. It can only guide the LAs as to how they impliment it.

As to the present law, the issue is indeed whether those playing for their own amusement are "performers". An argument may be made on the basis of Brearley -v- Morley that they are not. But it is an interesting point, and who's going to go to the House of Lords on it?