Dave Bryant - According to the politicians when the act comes into force there won't be such a thing as a PEL. That's one of the things they say they're scrapping. It's all going to come under the 'Premises License' which is why they say it will cost no more to 'Tick the box' when applying for a 'Premises License'. The 'Premises License' will have such things as how many people a premises will be allowed to hold, so if your local pub for example holds less than 200 people, then an acoustic Jam Session held there between the hours of 08:00 and 24:00 can have no onerous conditions placed on that premises licence, however the Session and any other live music must first have been written into the 'operating plan', (any other live music in this case could be amplified music, which could be at any time day or night, but that however could have conditions applied but only for 'the prevention of crime and disorder' and/or 'public safety').

On the task force remit, the thing that bothers me is in the press statement it states that 'The survey will be carried out in the first six months of 2004'. As only Draft Guidance has been issued so far, and seeing as the Local Licensing Authorities have 6 months after guidance that is agreed by both Houses of Parliament is issued to get their plans together , then any survey carried out in the first 6 months of 2004 will be totally irrelevant as none of the aspects of the new legislation will be in fact happening until after the First Appointed Day (probably now sometime around July/August which is after the first 6 months of 2004 isn't it!)