As you will see dispite having a good case and trying locally for over 4 years, there has been an spectacular lack of success, having lost yet another local session just last month. This dispite much correspondance with two MPS. Many mentions in Parliament, replies from Ministers and the DCMS. Three council meetings and a complaint to the Local Government Ombudsman.
The problem is that whatever the law says, this only matters if and when you can get a court to decide. Until then, as long as they are not challenged by a licensee, the enforcers can claim and tell their councillors, that the law supports whatever they wish it to. Even when the actions are exactly opposite. They have failed in their statutory duty to ensure your safety for three years, but care little about this failure, as it is unlikely that anyone will point this out.
I have found no licensee (understandably) willing to face prosecution and I cannot afford a legal challenge myself - so nothing changes. The current law is on our side, we just have to find a way to make it work, before it is too late and we have to try and make the new law work.