Yes my lot have bent over backwards to ensure that non-amplified sessions are prevented for the lack of a PEL and adamant that any interpretaion of the the two-in-a-bar exemption could not enable this form of music making for their own pleasure by pub customers.

When there must be reasonable doubt that these events had any 'performers' or there was any performance and they certainly did not present any problem to the public's safety. This was considered as a performance of unlicesed public entertainment

At the same time - amplified open mics - kareoke and performers with recorded backing tapes - are ignored or incredibly considered exempt under the two-in-a- bar rule! At the same time Weymouth and Portland Borough Council are claiming to be only following the law and any recent rulings..........