The one positive thing that came out of the 2003 act were the issues around health and safety. When pubs applied for a licence they had to supply certification that their premises were safe, prior to the act I had carried out electrical test and inspections on eight pubs that I remmember possibly more, all eight certificates were returned unsatisfactory, subsequently, in two of the pubs that I frequented someone had issued a certificate cos they were still trading but the remedial work had not been done. This was possible because the licemces were granted by a magistrate and the premises were never inspected, when the local authority became responsible for the licence the same people that licensed hotels and guest houses actually inspected the premises they were quite eagle eyed and realised some of the certificates were not worth the paper they were written on, as a consequence pubs became much safer places to work and play in