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Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982

An Act to make amendments for England and Wales of provisions of that part of the law relating to local authorities or highways which is commonly amended by local Acts; to make provision for the control of sex establishments; to make further provision for the control of refreshment premises and for consultation between local authorities in England and Wales and fire authorities with regard to fire precautions for buildings and caravan sites; to repeal the Theatrical Employers Registration Acts 1925 and 1928; to make further provision as to the enforcement of section 8 of the Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950 and sections 171 and 174 of the Highways Act 1980; to make provision in connection with the computerisation of local land charges registers; to make further provision in connection with the acquisition of land and rights over land by boards constituted in pursuance of section 1 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 or reconstituted in pursuance of Schedule 17 to the Local Government Act 1972; to exclude from the definition of “construction or maintenance work” in section 20 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 work undertaken by local authorities and development bodies pursuant to certain agreements with the Manpower Services Commission which specify the work to be undertaken and under which the Commission agrees to pay the whole or part of the cost of the work so specified; to define “year” for the purposes of Part III of the said Act of 1980; to amend section 140 of the Local Government Act 1972 and to provide for the insurance by local authorities of persons voluntarily assisting probation committees; to make provision for controlling nuisance and disturbance on educational premises; to amend section 137 of the Local Government Act 1972; to make further provision as to arrangements made by local authorities under the Employment and Training Act 1973; to extend the duration of certain powers to assist industry or employment conferred by local Acts; to make corrections and minor improvements in certain enactments relating to the local administration of health and planning functions; and for connected purposes.

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1998-10-01

Part I Licensing of Public Entertainments

1 Licensing of public entertainments.

1

Subject to subsection (2) below, Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the licensing outside Greater London of the public entertainments referred to in that Schedule.

2

Paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Schedule shall not have effect in the area of a local authority unless the authority so resolve.

3

If a local authority do so resolve, those paragraphs shall come into force in their area on the day specified in that behalf in the resolution (which must not be before the expiration of the period of one month beginning with the day on which the resolution is passed).

4

A local authority shall publish notice that they have passed a resolution under this section in two consecutive weeks in a local newspaper circulating in their area.

5

The first publication shall not be later than 28 days before the day specified in the resolution for the coming into force of the paragraphs in the local authority’s area.

6

The notice shall state the general effect of the paragraphs.

C17

The enactments specified in Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in that Schedule, being amendments consequential on subsections (1) to (6) above.

C18

In Schedule 12 to the M1London Government Act 1963—

a

in paragraph 10(3) (penalties for offences relating to entertainments held without licences or contravening licences) for “five hundred pounds” there shall be substituted “ £1,000 ” ; and

b

in paragraph 12(3) (penalty for refusal to permit entry to or inspection of premises) for “twenty pounds” there shall be substituted “ £200 ”.

9

Subsection (8) above has effect only in relation to offences committed after 1st January 1983.

10

So much of any local enactment passed before 1974 as relates to the regulation by means of licensing of public entertainments of any description referred to in Schedule 1 to this Act shall cease to have effect.

11

In this section “local authority” means—

a

the council of a district; and

b

the Council of the Isles of Scilly.

12

This section shall come into force on 1st January 1983.