Licensing
Draft Licensing Act 2003 (Royal Wedding Licensing Hours) 2018
The draft Licensing Act 2003 (Royal Wedding Licensing Hours) 2018 has been released and can be found here. As previously reported, the Order will allow licensed premises in England and Wales to open for an extra two hours for licensable activitie...
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Scotland - Minimum Unit Price Guidance
The Scottish Government has updated its guidance on the introduction of Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP). A minimum unit price for alcohol is due start on 1 May 2018. The Scottish Government has proposed a price per unit of 50p to the Scottish Parliame...
Relaxation of licensing hours for the Royal Wedding
England and Wales only. The Home Office’s consultation to extend licensing hours for the Royal Wedding has now closed and the response and impact assessment can be found here. In short, the Government has decided to proceed with a licensin...
Scotland: Minimum Pricing to start 1 May 2018
The Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2018 was laid before the Scottish Parliament on 1 March 2018. Section 1 of the Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012 had partially been brought into for...
DPS change application from 23 March 2018
The Licensing Act 2003 (Premises licences and club premises certificates) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 were laid before Parliament yesterday and will come into force on 23 March 2018. It amends the Licensing Act 2003 (Premises licences and club p...
British Summer Time
British Summer Time (or as it may be more properly called Daylight Saving Time) starts at 1am Sunday 25th March 2018. This means that at 1am on that Sunday, the time becomes 2am. Unless you have a specific provision on your licence to cover ...
Revocation of Personal Licence/Immigration
Slough Borough Council Licensing Su- Committee revoked a Personal Licence flowing from the Review of a Premises Licence heard before Hillingdon Borough Council. In June 2017 a multi-agency operation took place with the Metropolitan Police, HM...