Licensing

15 Jan 2016

Camden Council Late Night Levy - update

Following on from our previous news on the 7 December that the London Borough Of Camden Licensing Sub Committee had voted to adopt the Late Night Levy, the introduction of the proposed Late Night Levy is due to be considered at a full meeting of t...

14 Jan 2016

New Temporary Event Notice form issued

As previously reported, the Deregulation Act 2015 increased the maximum number of Temporary Events Notices permitted each year at a premises from 12 to 15. An amended Temporary Event Notice form incorporating the change has now been issued under ...

11 Jan 2016

Gambling - Commission publish issue new 'quick guide' regarding Gaming Machines in Pubs

The Gambling Commission have today published a new quick guide regarding gaming machines in pubs. The advice summarises the automatic entitlement,  categorises of machines and provides a particularly useful summary of the machine requirement...

08 Jan 2016

New Alcohol Guidelines Released

The Department of Health has released new guidelines as to the recommended drinking limits. This is the first full review of alcohol guidelines since 1995 and states that there is no such thing as a safe level of drinking. Additionally, the Guidan...

06 Jan 2016

Regulation of Investigatory Powers: Codes of Practice

For those that are interested, there has today been published in the House of Commons Library an update on proposed Codes of Practice entitled “Regulation of Investigatory Powers” This covers, amongst other things, the investigatory p...

04 Jan 2016

Temporary Event Notices – increase in premises allowances

A reminder that (with effect from 1 January 2016), the annual allowance for any one licensed premises increases from 12 TENs to 15 TENs in any one calendar year.  All courtesy of section 68 of the Deregulation Act 2015.