Select Committee on the Licensing Act 2003
The Licensing Act 2003: post-legislative scrutiny
Report of Session 2016-17 - published 4 April 2017 - HL Paper 146
Contents
Constitution and Terms of Reference of the Committee
Chapter 2: The Act—an overall perspective
Outline of the provisions of the Act
Subsequent amendments to the Act
Changes in outlets and consumption
Figure 1: Number of licences, England and Wales, 2007–2016
Box 1: Outlets for the sale of alcohol as at 31 March 2016
Figure 2: Total volume and per adult levels of pure alcohol clearances, UK, 1992/93–2012/13
Alcohol policy, licensing policy and health
Figure 3: Age-standardised alcohol-related death rates per 100,000 population, UK, 1994–2014
Box 2: Overall assessments of the Act
Chapter 3: The Licensing Process
Are licensing committees working?
Integration of licensing and planning
Licensing and planning committee structures compared
Integration: the views of witnesses
A single licensing and planning panel?
Would a change impose a burden on local authorities?
The appellate system for licensing cases
Comparable appellate structures
Transferring licensing appeals to planning inspectors
Box 4: Extract from the Licensing Act 2003 (Hearings) Regulations 2005, SI 2005/44
Coordination between the Licensing and Planning Systems
Chapter 6: The Licensing Objectives
Enjoyment of licensable activities
Access to licensed premises for disabled people
Disabled access: an alternative
Figure 5: Premises Licences by Type, 2008–2016
Box 5: Carlsberg’s 30 April 2015 update on its Responsibility Deal Pledge
Box 6: Examples of super-strength schemes currently in operation
Group Review Intervention Powers (GRIPs)
Restrictions on off-trade alcohol retailing in Scotland
Chapter 8: Temporary Event Notices
Community versus commercial uses of TENs
Community and Ancillary Sellers’ Notices (CANs)
Chapter 9: Crime, Disorder and Public Safety
Police closure powers, and powers of summary review
Box 7: The restricted effect of a closure notice
Chapter 10: The Night-Time Economy
Early Morning Restriction Orders
Business Improvement Districts and voluntary schemes
Box 8: Regulated Entertainment
Box 9: Licensing trends associated with the Live Music Act 2012
Box 10: Mechanisms for protecting local residents in live-music related cases
Chapter 12: Fees and Fee Multipliers
Chapter 13: Other Matters of Importance
National Database of Personal Licence Holders
Suspension of licences for non-payment of business rates
Box 11: The Five Qualifying Conditions for Clubs
Sales of alcohol airside and portside
Sale of alcohol to a person who is drunk
Summary of conclusions and recommendations
Appendix 1: List of Members and declarations of interest
Appendix 4: Note of visit to Southwark Council Licensing Committee
Evidence is published online at http://www.parliament.uk /licensing-act-committee and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020 7219 3074).
Q in footnotes refers to a question in oral evidence.