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12 Apr 2017

Vaping law changes are coming...

On 20 May 2017 the EU Tobacco Products Directive will become fully effective as part of the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016. From this date retailers will need to ensure that: All e-cigarettes and e-liquids must be registered with ...

11 Apr 2017

Litter Strategy for England - April 2017

The Government has just published a strategy for dealing with the issues relating to litter and littering. It can be found here: 'Litter Strategy for England - April 2017' Its aims include: Sending a clear and consistent anti-litter message, by...

07 Apr 2017

New Section 182 Guidance Published 2017

The Home Office has today published the latest edition of the s.182 Guidance to the Licensing Act 2003. It principally reflects a number of very recent changes to the law as brought into force by the Immigration Act 2016 (see our previous article...

05 Apr 2017

Immigration Act 2016 - and licensing - Guidance issued

We refer to our previous news on the impact of the new Immigration Act 2016 on the licensing process. The Home Office has just issued Guidance on the impact, application and enforcement of these provisions which can be found here.  The Guid...

04 Apr 2017

House of Lords Select Committee on the Licensing Act 2003 - report published

At midnight last night, the House of Lords Committee report was published. It can be found here.  Running to some 180 pages in all, the contents will take some digesting but here is the summary of the Report’s conclusions and recommend...

29 Mar 2017

House of Lords Select Committee on the Licensing Act 2003 - report imminently due!

The report of House of Lords Select Committee on the Licensing Act 2003 is due to be published next Tuesday – 4 April. To remind - this House of Lords Select Committee has been conducting post-legislative scrutiny of the Licensing Act, afte...