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Draft Licensing Act 2003 (Royal Wedding Licensing Hours) 2018
The draft Licensing Act 2003 (Royal Wedding Licensing Hours) 2018 has been released and can be found here. As previously reported, the Order will allow licensed premises in England and Wales to open for an extra two hours for licensable activitie...
Scotland - increasing the powers of Licensing Standard Officers
The catchily titled Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Commencement No. 15 and Saving Provision) and the Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2018 was laid before the Scottish Parliament on...
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Low Alcohol Product Labelling
The Government has begun consulting on how to communicate information about low alcohol products. The consultation is seeking views on the introduction of recommended low alcohol descriptors through guidance rather than legislation. It w...
Minimum Unit Pricing (Wales)
Yesterday we provided an update on the introduction of Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) in Scotland. Also this week the process of introducing MUP in Wales took another step forward. On 13th March the Welsh Assembly voted in favour of a motion t...
Scotland - Consultation on updating the Licensing (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2007
Due to previous concerns raised about a lack of public participation in the licensing process, the Scottish Government has launched a consultation on updating the Licensing (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 seeking views on whether the Regul...
Scotland - Minimum Unit Price Guidance
The Scottish Government has updated its guidance on the introduction of Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP). A minimum unit price for alcohol is due start on 1 May 2018. The Scottish Government has proposed a price per unit of 50p to the Scottish Parliame...
Possible EMRO for Barrow?
On Sunday 4th March Barrow Police posted the following tweet regarding a curfew for Barrow in Cumbria: What are you views on the licensing of the pubs and clubs in the town centre? Alcohol has a bit impact on our town, police, health & commun...
Scotland - Licensing Policy review and over-provision
A reminder for those operators with interests north of the border. All Licensing Boards are required by law to put in place a newly revised policy statement including an updated assessment of overprovision by 4 November 2018. The new policy will...