{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/live-music-act-2012-commencement-order-2012/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/live-music-act-2012-commencement-order-2012/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2115",
  "legislation_title": "The Live Music Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/live-music-act-2012-commencement-order-2012",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force on 1st October 2012 all the provisions of the Live Music Act 2012.\nThe Live Music Act 2012 amends section 177 of and Schedule 1 to the Licensing Act 2003, and also inserts a new section 177A. The changes to the Licensing Act 2003 deregulate in part the performance of live music, remove regulation about the provision of entertainment facilities and extend the exemption which relates to music accompanying morris dancing or dancing of a similar nature.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2115/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:22:05.278426+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}