ý145,500 licensed premises cannot host any form of live music but they can show live sport. They can also broadcast live music and play the sound through a PA system. In these cases, the Environmental Protection Act 1990 deals with noise....
Lord Davies of Oldham: It is therefore difficult to see what added control would have been available had the event been subject to the licensing controls under the Licensing Act 2003, or that such controls would have prevented the disorder that arose.
These are the (expensive) controls that DCMS and the LGA group would have us accept are vital to protect the public for live music in pubs. As the boss of Sky TV has now switched his support from the previous Govt to the Conservative Party - there is little chance that the showing of TV sport will ever be subject to the controls of the Licensing Act 2003 - but there must be some hope that the legislation will be ammended to enable live music to be treated the same. One can only hope that it is not already too late.