Licensing
Disclosure Scotland - new criminal records check application forms issued
Disclosure Scotland (an Executive Agency of the Scottish Government) is responsible for processing and issuing criminal records checks which are used in support of personal licence applications in England and Wales. As a word of warning, their &l...
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Newcastle First to Adopt Late Night Levy
A meeting of Newcastle's full Council last night rubber stamped the introduction of the first Late Night Levy in the England and Wales. The Levy, expected to be implemented before November will affect premises open between midnight and 6am across...
Licensing Act 2003 - amended Guidance issued today
1) Licensing Act 2003 (Descriptions of Entertainment) (Amendment) Order 2013 – amendments to Chapter 15 With the coming into effect of the Licensing Act 2003 (Descriptions of Entertainment) (Amendment) Order 2013 (as summarised by our previ...
Police 'castigated' for unbalanced evidence on a review
For those of us who regularly appear in review proceedings brought by the police, we know that it is not uncommon to be faced with a large volume of evidence supposedly relating to the premises, but which on close scrutiny proves on occasion not e...
Advertising applications - the law clarified (again)
The Licensing Act 2003 and number of its accompanying regulations make it a requirement that certain licensing applications be advertised – whether by notice displayed at the premises, in a locally circulated newspaper and/or on the Licensin...
Northampton council latest to reject an EMRO
Yesterday the Northampton Licensing Committee decided not to proceed with an EMRO at this time. The police had requested consideration of an EMRO and there followed an informal consultation which ran from 28 February until 5 April 2013. Had...
Licensing Act 2003 (Descriptions of Entertainment) (Amendment) Order 2013 - going live 27th June 2013?
The Licensing Act 2003 (Descriptions of Entertainment) (Amendment) Order 2013 has now been approved by Parliament and will likely be signed so that it comes into force on 27th June 2013. The relevant amendments to the Guidance to the Licensing Ac...