7 Exercise and delegation of functions
(1) All matters relating to the discharge by a licensing authority of its licensing functions are, by virtue of this subsection, referred to its licensing committee and, accordingly, that committee must discharge those functions on behalf of the authority.

I suggest that any individual submission to this or other consultations, which have not been produced by a Licensing Authority's Licensing Committee, should not be considered as representing the view of that Council.

Where anyone employed to enforce legislation is asked whether they consider giving up any of their powers - it is naïve (to use a word from the LGA Group's submission) for the government to expect them or their associations to be willing to do this.

As it was this lobby's opposition in 2008 that scuppered this government's earler attempts to provide an exemption, based on recommendations of the findings in respect of live music, that the government have already either commissioned themselves (the Live Music Forum) or been presented with the all-party Parliament Commons Select Committee) and on which recomendation this proposed exemption is based - the government can hardly pretend to be surprised by the same opposition from the same lobby, for this proposal.

I suggest that this is a case of the law becoming what those employed to enforce it, wish it to be. This based mainly for their own convenience rather than what is best for the public. That to me would be a good definition of a 'police state'.