Licensing
Alcohol: drinking in the street - briefing paper issued
A new House of Commons Library briefing paper usefully summarises what the law says on drinking alcohol in the street. There is no general prohibition on drinking in the street but certain offences relating to alcohol may be committed in public p...
House of Lords Committee Select Committee on Licensing Act 2003 - Comment
With Government about to enter a period of purdah in anticipation of the general election in June, their response to the Committee report will not now be given until sometime after the election. With Summer recess to commence on 20...
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Children in pubs – briefing note issued
A new House of Commons Library Briefing Paper looks at alcohol licensing and children. The Licensing Act 2003 (of course) regulates the sale and supply of alcohol in England and Wales. The Act is underpinned by four licensing objectives. On...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Gloucester City Council postpone Late Night Levy decision
A meeting scheduled this week regarding Late night Levy Proposals, has been postponed until the 24th July 2017. The Council indicated that it had received a number of consultation responses requesting a Business Improvement District (BID) t...