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Article: Live Entertainment In Restaurants, Pubs, Cafes And Clubs Gets A Boost With The Abolition Of Place Of Public Entertainment (POPE) Licences.
- Article from:
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- October 28, 2009
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Live music and entertainment in restaurants, pubs, cafes and clubs is now set to flourish. New laws commenced this week which aim to encourage live music. The past restrictions and red tape imposed by the POPE licence system is now abolished and, like it or not, the sound of music is coming to you soon...
The key live entertainment reforms are:
venues such as pubs and restaurants no longer have to obtain a special licence to provide live entertainment (a POPE licence)
all existing POPE licences expired as of 26 October 2009
the conditions and restrictions in all POPE licences no longer apply
live entertainment (within reason) ...