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Live Music Act 2012
The Live Music Act 2012 came into force on 1 October. The main provisions of the Act have the effect of de-regulating live music in certain circumstances. Amplified live music can now be played in premises which have a licence to supply alcohol as long as that licence is in use at the time, without […]
Temporary Event Notices
Residents are reminded that there is a Temporary Event Notice (TEN) register which is separate from the Public Licensing Register where details of all other Licensing Act 2003 and Gambling Act 2005 applications can be found. The TEN register can be accessed from the following link: http://transact.westminster.gov.uk/licensingapplications/ten_search.cfm A search can ascertain whether a premises had […]
Gambling Act 2005
‘The Project recently acted for various interested parties who were objecting to a number of applications made by William Hill and Coral under s169 Gambling Act 2005 to remove the default hours condition attached to premises licences for betting shops, so as to extend the opening hours from 10pm to midnight Mon-Sun. The interested parties […]
Westminster City Council Review of Gambling Policy
Westminster City Council is currently consulting on its statutory review of its Gambling Policy. Under s349 Gambling Act 2005, the Council must publish a ‘Statement of Principles’, and review it every 3 years. The current policy runs from January 2010 to January 2013. The Council has indentified 4 issues relating to betting shops which they […]
Changes in the Law
A number of changes to the law came into force on 25 April. The changes are introduced by the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011. Three of the provisions in particular may be of interest to residents – changes to Temporary Event Notices (TENs), the abolition of the ‘vicinity’ requirement and the term ‘interested […]
Local Health Authority
As of 25th April 2012, the local health authority is now a ‘responsible authority’ for the purposes of Licensing Act 2003 applications. For residents, this means that this body needs to be served with a copy of a review application, in addition to police, Environmental Health and other statutory bodies. For applications in Westminster (and […]
Gambling Act 2005
Applications made under Gambling Act 2005 (eg in respect of new betting shops or extended hours for betting shops) can be a source of concern for local residents. The LAP can provide advice to residents of Westminster who have concerns about such applications. Please contact us on [email protected]
Westminster City Council Licensing Register
Please note that if you are used to using the WCC licensing register to look up applications online, please ensure you have updated your ‘favourites’ to the new weblink: www.westminster.gov.uk/services/business/businessandstreettradinglicences/recentlicenceapps/ Note – if you are using a search engine to look up ‘Westminster licensing register’, it may take you to an old link of the […]
LAP Response to DCMS Consultation on Deregulating Schedule One of Licensing Act 2003 (Relating to Regulated Entertainment)
The DCMS consultation has now closed. The LAP’s response can be found here: The DCMS will now consider the responses and publish a summary and analysis of the responses on its website www.culture.gov.uk in due course. It will then publish the Government’s response. The LAP also responded to the Institute of Licensing’s request for views […]