Live music red tape cut for small venues
Small venues could be given clearance to stage live music without a licence thanks to new laws which overturn part of the 2003 Licensing Act.
If approved by the House of Lords on 10 February 2012, the bill already passed by MPs will remove much of the bureaucracy which led to many venues abandoning live music altogether.
The changes mean that a licence will no longer be required for unamplified live music between 8am and 11pm, and for amplified live music between those times if the audience is no more than 200 people.
Jazz, folk and other non-mainstream music was hit particularly hard by the 2003 legislation, whose backers claimed it would lead to an increase in live music.
Read more on the BBC News website and share your views here on whether this law will remedy the effects of the 2003 act.
If approved by the House of Lords on 10 February 2012, the bill already passed by MPs will remove much of the bureaucracy which led to many venues abandoning live music altogether.
The changes mean that a licence will no longer be required for unamplified live music between 8am and 11pm, and for amplified live music between those times if the audience is no more than 200 people.
Jazz, folk and other non-mainstream music was hit particularly hard by the 2003 legislation, whose backers claimed it would lead to an increase in live music.
Read more on the BBC News website and share your views here on whether this law will remedy the effects of the 2003 act.
posted by Andy Roberts @ 12:26 pm
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