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Recommendation to reduce drink-drive limit

- 16 June 2010

A review of the drink-drive limit has recommended that it be nearly halved. Sir Peter North, the Government's road safety adviser, has proposed reducing the drink-drive limit, from 80mg of alcohol per 100ml to 50mg. The report says that more than 168 lives a year could be saved by cutting the current...

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Drunk or not drunk - that is the question!

- 04 June 2010

It is - of course - an offence to sell alcohol to someone who is drunk or to allow alcohol to be so sold - section 141 LA2003. What is ‘drunk' is not and has never in the recent past been clearly defined and clearly must a matter of some considerable subjective judgment. Indeed the terms of a...

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World Cup Guidance for Licensees

- 03 June 2010

Well the World Cup is almost upon us!  We are aware of increasingly pro-active 'pre-enforcement' by licensing authorities and the police in anticipation, with guidance issued by the Home Office direct to police forces on 'how to prepare'. (This also advocates the possibility of an under aged test...

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False ID - Fraud Act reprimands and more

- 26 May 2010

  It is being reported in the MA that – in what will be a welcome move by the trade – that those found to be using false ID are being formally warned of having committed an offence under the Fraud Act. A further occurrence results in a reprimand and prosecution may follow thereafter.  There...

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