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MU to investigate form 696's legality.
THE MUSICIANS' UNION IS SEEKING LEGAL ADVICE on whether the controversial Metropolitan Police event assessment form 696 can be challenged on data protection or human rights grounds.
The forms came under intense scrutiny recently following the appearance of MU general secretary John Smith and UK Music chief executive Feargal Sharkey at one of the Culture Select Committee's oral hearings relating to the Licensing Act inquiry. Both executives criticised the use of the forms as being invasive and a major stumbling block for mounting live music in the capital.
The forms require a licensee - in consultation with the promoter - to provide a mass of professional and personal information, including style of music, telephone numbers, names of acts and their addresses. The document then has to be emailed to the local borough licensing unit and the police's own clubs and vice unit at least 14 days before the event.
An MU spokeswoman says, "Once we've had that advice we will decide how to take it further."
Sharkey, who recently wrote to Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Ian Blair, London Mayor Boris Johnson and others complaining about the use of the form, adds that his group is also investigating all legal aspects. He suggests that a judicial review in ...
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