Licensing
Alcohol to be 'grounded' at Airports? Government to Consider Licensing Restrictions
The Government has announced it is considering imposing licensing restrictions on the sale of alcohol in airports. Airports are currently exempt from legislation governing when they can sell alcohol. Last year the House of Lords commented that it...
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A Right Royal Knees Up? Home Office Launch Royal Wedding Consultation
A four week consultation has been launched by the Home Office on plans to allow Licensed Premises to open on the nights of Friday the 18th May and Saturday the 19th May until 1am. The Home Secretary Amber Rudd indicated “ The Royal wedding ...
House of Lords Debate
Will 2018 bring further changes to the licensing system? Prior to Christmas the House of Lords undertook a debate arising from the 'The Licensing Act 2003: post-legislative scrutiny' published by them in April of this year and the Government&...
House of Lords to debate Government response to Select Committee Report on the Licensing Act 2003
On Wednesday 20 December, the House of Lords is due to debate the Government’s (limited) response to the recommendations set out in the Select Committee Report – see our article ' Detail on the Government response to the House of ...
Scotland: 'Don’t Buy It, Don’t Supply It' to prevent alcohol supply to under 18s
Preventing Adults buying Alcohol for under 18's is the focus of a new campaign in Scotland. The initiative is to make Adults aware that they are committing an offence, if they are buying alcohol for an underage person. The Air Weapons and Licens...
Scotland – Minimum Unit Price consultation
The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on their proposal to impose a minimum price per unit of alcohol of 50 pence – details of which can be found here: 'Improving Scotland’s Health: Minimum Unit Pricing of Alcohol'. ...
Scotland – All the fun of the fair!
Richard Lyle MSP has launched a consultation on removing travelling fairs from the licensing regime created by the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 with a view to establishing a new licensing system for them. The outcome of the consultation w...