Agenda and minutes

To receive notification of apologies for absence and the attendance of substitute members. 

Apologies for absence were submitted on behalf of councillors Chris McCarthy and Julia Reynolds.

To adopt and sign as a correct record the minutes of the committee meeting held on 27 March 2015 (previously published). 

RESOLVED: to approve the minutes of the meeting on 27 March 2015 as a correct record and agree that the Chairman sign these as such. 

Purpose: to agree the appointment of sub-committees to consider matters under the Taxi Licensing Policy.

RECOMMENDATION to:

·                     appoint sub-committees comprising any three members, or their appointed substitutes, of the General Licensing Committee;

·                     agree that the sub-committees be known as taxi licensing panels;

·                     appoint each member or substitute of the General Licensing Committee to serve on any taxi licensing panel which is convened so as to include her or him in its membership;

·                     authorise each taxi licensing panel to discharge all functions relating to matters referred to the committee or to its sub-committees under the Taxi Licensing Policy;

·                     agree that, wherever possible, applications should be heard by a panel comprising the chairman or vice-chairman of the committee plus two other members of the committee, but that this should not affect the principle that any three members or their substitutes of the committee will constitute a properly appointed panel;

·                     authorise the head of legal and democratic services to invite an appropriate panel to conduct a scheduled hearing having regard to members’ availability and eligibility to take part and ensuring that as far as possible all members of the committee have the opportunity to conduct hearings.

The committee considered a proposal to appoint sub-committees to consider matters under the Taxi Licensing Policy

RESOLVED:

·         to appoint sub-committees comprising any three members, or their appointed substitutes, of the General Licensing Committee;

·         that the sub-committees be known as taxi licensing panels;

·         to appoint each member or substitute of the General Licensing Committee to serve on any taxi licensing panel which is convened so as to include her or him in its membership;

·         to authorise each taxi licensing panel to discharge all functions relating to matters referred to the committee or to its sub-committees under the Taxi Licensing Policy;

·         that, wherever possible, applications should be heard by a panel comprising the chairman or vice-chairman of the committee plus two other members of the committee, but that this should not affect the principle that any three members or their substitutes of the committee will constitute a properly appointed panel;

·         to authorise the head of legal and democratic services to invite an appropriate panel to conduct a scheduled hearing having regard to members’ availability and eligibility to take part and ensuring that as far as possible all members of the committee have the opportunity to conduct hearings.