Quite right to warn of the dangers of losing 'grandfather rights', but also hidden in the Act is the limit of 12 functions a year for village halls and similar venues. Most rely on weekly bookings at least, to keep going financially, and remember, those twelve functions don't necessarily have to be serving alcohol. The inevitable effect will be the enforced closure of many (most?) of these halls, and the loss of the kind of venue where so many of us learnt/are learning our craft. Stay in and watch 'Big Brother', folks, you don't need a weather man, etc etc.