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13 Mar 2013

Prosecution for sales to drunks

  It may be of interest to those in the licensed trade of the details given to Parliament last week on the number of prosecutions in England and Wales for the sale of alcohol to someone who is drunk. Please see below: Defendants proceeded ...

11 Mar 2013

Angus Licensing Board - Licensing Policy Review

  Angus Licensing Board commence a review of its statement of licensing policy, which it is obliged to undertake every three years. Angus Licensing Board chairman Alex King said: "We are keen to hear the views of members of the public, and ...

11 Mar 2013

Leeds United 1 West Yorkshire Police 0

A recent case in the footballing world has interesting connotations for policing in the wider community on match days and in particular potentially the leisure industry! There has been a spate of cases in recent years as to who should pay for the...

06 Mar 2013

New Tools for Regulators

  The Better Regulation Delivery Office (BRDO), which is part of the department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS), has now made available a new online tool for the use of the Regulators of the leisure industry. The intention is to secu...

05 Mar 2013

Scotland - 5 year Refresher training launched

The Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 requires all Personal Licence holders to submit evidence of top-up training to their issuing Licensing Board at the midpoint (5 years) of the life of the personal licence.  Yesterday, we attended the launch ...

05 Mar 2013

Licensing Act 2003 - Amendments to Application forms

  The Licensing Act 2003 (Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 will come into force on 21st March 2013 in order to amend the application forms for: premises licence variations; premises licence minor variations; and club premises ce...