harmonicanick
1735 posts
Sep 30, 2012
11:24 AM
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People- tomorrow is 1st October - its a really important day for live music; possibly one of the most important days ever -why? Because on Monday 1st October the Live Music Act 2012 (LMA) comes into effect in the UK.
At a stroke it will create tens of thousands of
potential new live music venues in England and Wales.
The LMA amends the Licensing Act 2003, introducing a new and historic exemption from entertainment licensing for performances of live music between 8 am and 11 pm. If the performance uses amplification there is an audience limit of 200. If un-amplified there is no audience limit.
In pubs and bars that already have live music permission on their premises licence, existing live music conditions will not have effect when live music is being performed between 8 am and 11 pm. Within those hours, conditions such as restrictions on performer numbers, genres, or amplification would no longer be enforceable.
Under the LMA, pubs or bars that don't already have a live music authorization on their premises licence will now be free to host live music between 8 am and 11 pm, subject to the 200 audience limit if the live music is amplified.
Sounds like great news!
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