Licensing consultation - proposals to introduce a new minor variations process, and remove certain requirements at community premises

This consultation has now ended. The consultation period was 4 August - 1 September 2008. Closing Date for Welsh stakeholder was 9 September 2008.

Legislative reform orders: proposals to: (1) Introduce a simplified process for minor variations to premises licences and club premises certificates and (2) Remove the requirement for a designated premises supervisor and personal licence at community premises

Summary reports are avaliable, together with copies of all resonses are avaliable online.

This Consultation Document seeks your views on two proposals which are aimed at simplifying the licensing process under the Licensing Act 2003 and removing unnecessary burdens on licence and club certificate holders.

The first proposal (Section 2 of this Document) seeks to introduce a new, simplified process for making minor variations to premises licences and club premises certificates. The Government consulted on policy options for this proposal from 31 November 2007 – 20 February 2008.

The second proposal (Section 3 of this Document) seeks to remove the requirement for a Designated Premises Supervisor and personal licence for community halls. The Government consulted on policy options for this proposal from 8 August 2007 to 31 October 2007, and secured support for the proposals.

The Government is now seeking your views on the draft Legislative Reform Orders that will amend the Licensing Act to introduce the new processes, the supporting statutory Guidance, appropriate fees and application forms.

Consultation documents

Licensing consultation - proposals to introduce a new minor variations process, and remove certain requirements at community premises PDF (530kb)

Licensing consultation - proposals to introduce a new minor variations process, and remove certain requirements at community premises RTF (1.4mb)

Consultation documents (Welsh language)

Gorchymyn diwygio rheoleiddio: cynnig i gyflwyno proses symlach ar gyfer mân amrywiadau i drwyddedau mangre a thystysgrifau mangre clwb PDF (555kb)

Gorchymyn diwygio rheoleiddio: cynnig i gyflwyno proses symlach ar gyfer mân amrywiadau i drwyddedau mangre a thystysgrifau mangre clwb RTF (1.47kb)

This consultation has now ended. The consultation period was 4 August - 1 September 2008. Closing Date for Welsh stakeholder was 9 September 2008.

If you have any queries about this consultation please contact:

If you prefer, you may submit a hard copy by post to:

Nigel Wakelin
Licensing Team
Sport and Leisure Directorate
2-4 Cockspur Street
London SW1Y 5DH
licensingconsultation@culture.gov.uk.

Disclosure of responses

Please note that the Department will publish all responses in full, unless specifically requested not to do so. However, all information in responses, including personal information, may be subject to publication or disclosure under freedom of information legislation. If a correspondent requests confidentiality, this cannot be guaranteed and will only be possible if considered appropriate under the legislation.

Any such request should explain why confidentiality is necessary. Any automatic confidentiality disclaimer generated by your IT system will not be considered as such a request unless you specifically include a request, with an explanation, in the main text of your response.

If you have any questions or complaints about the process of consultation on this paper, please contact Mithly Manickavasagar, Consultation Co-ordinator, Strategy Division, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2-4 Cockspur Street, London SW1Y 5DH, mithly.manickavasagar@culture.gsi.gov.uk

These documents are available online in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format.

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