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'Dealing with the 'problems' of late night drinking' - new Home Office consultation announced

The Home Office has today launched a consultation in respect of two measures contained in the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 that will need to be implemented through regulations: early morning restriction orders ('EMROs') and the late night levy.

According to the Home Office website, the consultation ‘seeks views on certain aspects of EMROs and the late night levy, including the process of adopting an EMRO and/or the levy; categories of business which will be exempt from any EMRO; categories of business which individual licensing authorities may choose to exempt from, or afford a reduction in relation to, the late night levy; and the kinds of services a licensing authority may fund with the 30 per cent of net levy receipts it may retain from the net levy revenue’.

The consultation closes on 10 April 2012.

We will be assessing the detail and further comments will follow.

In the meantime the consultation itself can be found here.