The Regulatory Reform (Special Occasions Licensing) Order 2002

Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 3205

REGULATORY REFORM

The Regulatory Reform (Special Occasions Licensing) Order 2002

Made

20th December 2002

Coming into force

21st December 2002

Whereas:

(a) The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (“the Secretary of State”) consulted—

(i) such organisations as appeared to the Secretary of State to be representative of interests substantially affected by her proposals for this Order;

(ii) the statutory bodies whose functions are related to her proposals;

(iii) organisations representative of such bodies;

(iv) the National Assembly for Wales; and

(v) such other persons as she considered appropriate;

(b) following that consultation, the Secretary of State considered it appropriate to proceed with the making of this Order;

(c) a document setting out the Secretary of State’s proposals was laid before Parliament as required by section 6 of the Regulatory Reform Act 2001(1) and the period for Parliamentary consideration under section 8 of that Act expired;

(d) the Secretary of State has had regard to the representations made during that period and in particular to the First Report (Session 2002–03) of the House of Commons and the Twenty-seventh Report (Session 2001–02) of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee of the House of Lords;

(e) a draft of this Order was laid before Parliament with a statement giving details of those representations;

(f) the draft was approved by resolution of each House of Parliament;

(g) the Secretary of State is of the opinion that this Order does not remove any necessary protection or prevent any person from continuing to exercise any right or freedom which he might reasonably expect to continue to exercise; and

(h) this Order creates burdens affecting persons in the carrying on of certain activities, and the Secretary of State is of the opinion that—

(i) the provisions of this Order, taken as a whole, strike a fair balance between the public interest and the interests of the persons affected by the burdens being created, and

(ii) the extent to which this Order removes or reduces one or more burdens, or has other beneficial effects for persons affected by the burdens imposed by the existing law, makes it desirable for this Order to be made:

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 1 of the Regulatory Reform Act 2001, hereby makes the following Order:

(1)

2001 c. 6.