I have always found myself weak at reading and understanding legislation- it is all gobbledy-gook to me. Could someone explain to me in plain English the Licencing Act, particularly the points about live music and its affect on sessions and other folk events please?

Could someone also explain the Temporary Events notices stuff that they are now consulting on?

In both cases I cannot really come up with arguments if I cannot understand what they are going on about. Am I the only person who cannot read them or do they just write these things incomprehensibly on purpose?