Department of Culture Media Sport 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 authorities discretion to accept a TEN with a minimum of 3 working days. The link can be found by clicking here

Please respond to Deborah Clarke at ACRE d.clarke@acre.org.uk by 31st January 2010