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Thread #61322 Message #1150005
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
30-Mar-04 - 10:22 AM
Thread Name: Licensing Bill - How will it work ?
Subject: RE: Licensing Bill - How will it work ?
"No regulated entertainment" - but there's still no definition of what counts as entertainment.
And if "your local cafe for example - not serving alcohol - would not need a Premises Licence", without such a Premises Licence allowing music any musical entertainment would surely be illegal.
The "incidental to other actiuvities" might give a let out sometimes, though not one that would cover cases like the branch of Waterstones that invited a String Quarter to play, and the people then had to sit instead and listen to a record of them playing instead. But does the "incidental" exemption apply anyway to situations where there is no Premises Licence in the first place (such as a private house having a publicly accessible music evening)?