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Scotland – Under-aged test purchasing challenges?
Tim Shield attended the Scottish Licensing Law and Practice (SLLP) conference held in Glasgow last Friday. This is always an informative conference and as usual there was a wide range of speakers from differing backgrounds which included Alison Do...
Immigration Act 2016 – and its implications for licensing
The Immigration Bill received Royal Assent in May and so became the Immigration Act 2016. There are numerous notable sections affecting licensing with the Home Office confirming likely implementation for these in Spring 2017. Changes to the ...
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Pyschoactive Substances Act - Guidance
Further to our recent news confirming that this Act is now in force, guidance on the Act for councils has now been produced by the Local Government Association. The Act introduced a blanket ban on the production and distribution of psychoactive s...
New £5 note announced
The Bank of England has announced that a new polymer £5 note will be issued on 13 September 2016 (it is already in production) and has released details of the design and security features of the new note. A dedicated Bank of England website...
Sheffield - Tramlines Festival - Inner City Music - 22 - 24 July 2016
The annual Tramlines Music Festival is running in central Sheffield between 22 and 24 July 2016 - http://www.tramlines.org.uk/ The Sheffield Authorities have issued some ‘good housekeeping’ guidance which can be found here. The Guida...
Gambling - Consultation on digital advertising
On the 9th May the Gambling Commission launched a consultation on the proposed wording of a new licence condition entitled “Placing digital adverts responsibly”. It is intended that the final condition(s), which deals with the placing...
Costs recovery - 'Hemmings' in the European Court of Justice
The long running case of Hemmings which concerns the ability of Licensing (and other) Authorities to recover enforcement costs reaches the European Court of Justice (ECJ) today – although judgment is not expected until later in the year. Fo...
Blackpool reject Late Night Levy
At a meeting held on 25th May Blackpool’s Licensing Committee voted against the implementation of the Late Night Levy (LNL); although a review of this decision is anticipated in six month time. In 2014 Blackpool also rejected an application...