News round-up

Yesterday was a busy day for licensing-related news:

1. The guidance issued under s.182 of the Licensing Act was re-published in a revised form. They've tweaked the layout to make it much more pleasing to the eye and made several amendments which I'll report back on shortly. In the meantime you can have a look at it here - revised guidance June 07.

2. The licensing minister Shaun Woodward was appointed Northern Ireland Secretary in Gordon Brown's cabinet reshuffle. An annoucement on who is to fill the position next is expected today.

3. Another MP who was given a cabinet position yesterday is James Purnell - you may remember him from such fiascos as the Licensing Act transition period, during which time he was the licensing minister. He'll now be overseeing DCMS in his new position as Culture Secretary.

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For those who don't understand the title of this blog it refers to a magical day. It's the day 28 days after the date a licence application is submitted to a Licensing Authority and their Responsible Authorities. It's the last day on which anyone can make a representation (cf objection) to it and so is often a day of much finger-crossing.

This blog is an area for news, articles and general thoughts on matters relating to licensing, by which I mean the regime in place to regulate alcohol, entertainment and late night refreshment in England & Wales. Don't be surprised to see articles on related subjects though.

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