Thanks for producing evidence of a session which has been stopped by the legislation. This was of course a great concern while the bill was going through, but in practice it appears that most pubs which held sessions simply included music in their new licence application which they had to make anyway, when there would have been no additional cost.

Technically the New Star session was stopped under the old legislation - but it was prevented from re-starting under the licensing Act 2003.

It remains to be seen if pubs that have permission for performances of live music can also cover the provision of facilties to enable the public to entertain themselves in music and dancing. In the specific case of dancing I really doubt that any Licensing Authority would accept that permission for performances of live music would cover the provision of anything provided to enable the public to entertain themselves in dancing.

And I am not sure if any distinction can be made that would permit a Licensing Autority to exempt the provision of facilities for the public to entertain themselves in music, whilst still having to make licensable the provision of facilities for the public to entertain themselves in dancing.