Playing about with some of the minor points in the PEL regs will make no difference in most cases . The 'alleged' main reason for PEL was to sort out the anomalies of the 'Rule of Two' situation for Pub entertainment , when all it did was stop small pubs having ANY live music at all .
To get the Fire Regulations box ticked in fact often meant a cost of thousands of pounds to install all the emergency lighting , fire escapes etc to satisfy the local Fire people , and without a PEL it is STILL illegal even to sing 'Happy Birthday to You' in a bar .
Also , they have done nothing to change the situation that a pub can be packed to overflowing with drunken 'fans' watching live football with NO extra regulations , but twenty acoustic musicians are still a menace to society