Mandatory Conditions: A Byword for Confusion?

Last week, the House of Lords considered the draft regulations which seek to impose five new mandatory conditions on all on-licensed premises.  The draft regulations were passed and three of the new mandatory conditions come into force on 6 April 2010 and the others on 1 October 2010.  They will all apply to existing as well as new on-licensed Premises Licences.

The new mandatory conditions are not without controversy.  We have already had enquiries about whether current practices in licensed premises might fall foul of them.

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