Copies of the Report are available from: Better Regulation Task Force, Room 72a/2, Horse Guards Road, London, SW1P 3AL. Tel: 0171 270 6601.
2.
Ibid., n.1.
3.
The business case for reform was set out in two Industry papers: The Case for Change by the Joint Hospitality Industry Congress and, An Agenda for Reform by the Brewers and Licensed Retailers Association.
4.
The Home Office's Review of Liquor Licensing Legislation had been announced on May 5, 1998 (post).
5.
le, transparency; accountability; targeting; consistency; and, proportionality.
6.
The Confiscation of Alcohol Act 1998, which allows the police in England and Wales to confiscate alcohol from children who are drinking in public, came into effect in August 1998.
7.
See now Home Office consultation paper “Liquor Licensing Deregulation: Consultation on New Year's Eve Licensing Laws” (Nov. 1998).
