I don't see what the fuss is all about. It's quite simple. Basically playing music is a criminal act unless you are jamming or unless it is a spontaneous outbreak of singing Happy Birthday or of Morris Dancing. Unless of course the premises are licensed but only if the applicant has applied by 6 August unless he runs a Kebab shop or wants to put on music on a moving vehicle. This of course becomes illegal if the Kebab shop stops for a traffic light or if the music is played in an unlicensed Kebab shop, or if you are morris dancing in said location. Village halls are exempt, unless of course it is folk music, in which case it becomes a criminal offence anyway. The licence is just a simple ticket in the box (plus 26 pages of paperwork and a several grand refit as the presence of musicians will render the premises unsafe, but it's quite acceptable for wide screen TV to be shown in unsafe premises.) The much-reviled "2-in-a-bar" rule has gone and has been replaced by the much simpler "none-in-a-bar" rule, but only on certain specified nights and only if the audience does not move in time with the music and only so long as you are on a moving vehicle.
So the new act will lead to an explosion of live music, unless it is folk music, of course, which will continue to be criminalised.

A question – what was the government on when it dreamt this one up?

The above is of course tongue in cheek, but written to show what a nonsense this piece of legislation is.

Baaah

Gwilym