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New mandatory condition (sale of alcohol below the cost of duty plus VAT) implementation - Update
As previously reported, the new mandatory condition seeking to ban the sale of alcohol below the cost of duty plus VAT was delayed beyond its original implementation date. The relevant Licensing Act 2003 (Mandatory Licensing Conditions) Order 201...
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PASS - to be re-launched
The Proof of Age Standard Scheme (otherwise known as PASS) has been around for a number of years but in recent times has been subject to some criticism. Take up of the cards by young people has dropped, with 18 to 25 year olds preferring to rely u...
Scotland - victory for Sky in football screening copyright case
It has been reported that the Premises Licence Holder and Premises Manager of a Glasgow pub have been fined for screening Sky sports to customers without the proper authorisation from Sky. The successful claim made by Sky was for breach of an inte...
Scotland - Minimum Unit Pricing heads to Europe
The now increasingly lengthy saga of the attempts by The Scottish Government to introduce a Minimum Unit Price for alcohol has taken its next step. The Government in Scotland first introduced legislation concerning the issue two years ago but thi...
Local Authorities Wide Discretion confirmed... again!
On the 27th March we reported the outcome of a Judicial Review Application by Operators of Sexual Entertainment Venues (SEV) in Leeds, Bean Leisure and Ruby May, which upheld Leeds' decision not to renew the SEV licence of the Applicants and affir...
Scotland - Edinburgh - and 'over provision' of off licences in particular?
The 2013 Edinburgh Licensing Policy asserts that there is over provision of off-licences in certain specified areas of the City with the usual presumption against grant. We had the good fortune to be appearing before the Edinburgh Licensing Board...
'Gambling Protections and Control': Restriction on Betting Offices
The Government has today published its document Gambling Protections and Control which provides Local authorities with enhanced powers to control the number of betting shops opening in their area. The document states that “as part of the Go...