Licensing e-news
The Government Alcohol Strategy which was released last week. The proposal to introduce a minimum price on alcohol has grabbed the most headlines out of the Government's measures to ""tackle the scourge of violence caused by binge drinking".
A number of significant changes to the Licensing Act 2003 will be introduced through the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, which received Royal Assent on 15 September 2011.
We have come across a number of instances over the last few months where, following a licensed premises falling into the control of an insolvency practitioner, the premises licence has lapsed.
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has finally handed down its decision in the Karen Murphy case and the decision has fallen in favour of the licensee.
A reminder to all that Cask Ale Week is coming up (1st to 9th October).
New alcohol measures for wine and beer are expected to be brought in during October 2011 under The Weights and Measures (Specified Quantities) (Unwrapped Bread and Intoxicating Liquor) Order 2011.
Finally, a decision has been made and Sinclair Collis have been forced to drop their long campaign to keep cigarette vending machines lawful.
There is a lot of red tape surrounding licensing law, in many instances making life unneccessarily difficult for licensees.
The Health Act 2009 received Royal Assent on 12 November 2009 which allowed regulations to be made that ban cigarette vending machines.
Has the use of foreign satellite decoders to broadcast premiership matches in the UK been given the all clear?
The Government has launched a consultation proposing that pubs should have an automatic right to trade until 1 am after the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on 29th April this year and potentially the 30th as well.
The debate over minimum pricing has raged on this month after the Government announced an intention to introduce a minimum price for the sale of alcohol by banning sales at a price below duty plus VAT.
The Home Office have now released details of the amendments to the Licensing Act resulting from the “Consultation on Rebalancing the Licensing Act”.
The festive period is beginning to draw near and your preparations for the busy period should be underway by now.
The second part of the Mandatory Code will come into effect on 1st October 2010.
The Home Office Consultation on re-balancing the Licensing Act has entered its final week, with 8th September 2010 being the final date for responses.