Ireland revises outdoor event regulations to avoid confusion
Xinhua, June 23, 2015 Adjust font size:
Ireland said on Tuesday it had revised it's event licensing regulations in a bid to "bring certainty and avoid confusion" in the planning of major outdoor events.
Under the revised regulations, promoters will have to consult local authorities before submitting an event license application.
Tickets cannot be advertised or sold before promoters have consulted local authorities, and promoters will have to lodge event licensing applications at least 13 weeks before the proposed event.
The public consultation period on event licensing applications is being reduced from five weeks to three weeks, according to the new regulations.
The regulations came after a review group was set up last October to investigate possible changes following issues related to proposed outdoor events last summer.
Paudie Coffey, minister of state at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, stressed that while the confusion last year "hurt a lot of people," these changes would ensure it would not happen again. Endit