Amendments to the licensing Act 2003 Consultation

The Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) have published a consultation about proposals to amend the licensing Act 2003.

The Government proposes to simplify three things: the revision of licensing statements; dealing with the death, incapacity or insolvency of the licence holder; and the notification of temporary event notices (TENs) where an event has to be cancelled or the venue moved (e.g. heavy rain cancels fireworks).

The proposal would allow police and licensing authority’s discretion to accept a TEN with a minimum of 3 working days.

Please respond using the following link:  http://www.culture.gov.uk/reference_library/consultations/6498.aspx. 

The closing date for responses is 9 February 2010.