About Telegraph: Village halls' cash hopes dashed
Telegraph: Village halls' cash hopes dashed- David Sapsted. Village hall committees must pay extra costs to comply with legislation to make facilities available to the disabled and are also facing a new headache with the Licensing Bill which would end the halls' traditional exemption from fees for a public entertainment licence and reduce the number of occasional liquor licences they can apply for, from the current 12 to five a year.