New rules come in today requiring that all new door staff at bars and clubs must learn how to safely restrain and remove customers who have had one too many and are violent and drunk. For all existing door staff – no training is required. However, this too is coming under scrutiny and before long we could see such training becoming compulsory for all bouncers.
The mandatory training has been introduced after a number of high profile deaths and injuries in bars and nightclubs.
The Conservatives have promised to “overhaul” the Licensing Act, based on their belief that the relaxation of the laws has been a failure. Before the election, the Tories said that they planned to give councils the power to charge more for late-night licences to pay for extra policing, and also to give the authorities ‘much stronger powers’. |
… Or at least for Early Morning Drinking as the Crime & Security Act 2010 receives the Royal AssentWith the general election looming, the subject of 24 hour drinking is high on the agenda, but the truth is, 24 hour Licences have always been a bit of a myth. Very few establishments have them, and of those that do, few use them to open all hours.
Despite the lack of 24 hour drinking, many bars and clubs open later than they used to. Last year, there were 973,000 reported violent attacks where the offender was under the influence of alcohol - almost half of all violent incidents. Police have warned that their resources have been stretched to breaking point dealing with fights in the early hours.
When a Licensing Authority believes that the cumulative impact of the concentration of licensed premises in an area is adversely affecting the promotion of any of the 4 Licensing Objectives (prevention of crime and disorder, public nuisance, public safety and protection of children from harm) it can consider any relevant representations from either a ‘responsible authority’ (e.g. the police or noise nuisance) or ‘an interested party’ (usually a local resident living nearby to the premises in question). The objection will usually state that the cumulative impact of new licences is leading to an area becoming saturated with premises of a particular type, making it a focal point and creating exceptional problems of disorder and nuisance over and above the impact from the individual premises themselves. In such cases the issue of cumulative impact can be taken into account when considering the individual merits of any application.
According to Home Secretary Alan Johnson, who proudly unveiled the new shatter- proof glass last week:
Major changes in the law are about to affect the Lap Dancing industry.
The Lap Dancing and Striptese industry is facing major changes.
You may know them as lap dancing clubs, but they are soon to be reclassified as “sexual entertainment venues,” under an amendment to the 1982 Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act.
Tougher new laws are just around the corner that will see lap dancing and striptese clubs regulated in the same way as sex shops and sex cinemas.
Why is the law changing?
