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Items
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LA1 |
Notification of substitutes and apologies for absence
To
receive notification of apologies for absence.
Minutes:
The committee received an apology for absence from
Councillor Aidan Melville.
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LA2 |
Appointment of licensing panels
Purpose: to agree the appointment of licensing
sub-committees to consider matters under the Licensing Act 2003 and
Gambling Act 2005.
RECOMMENDATION to:
- appoint licensing sub-committees
comprising any three members of the Licensing Acts
Committee;
- appoint each member of the Licensing Acts
Committee to serve on any sub-committee which is convened so as to
include her or him in its membership;
- agree that the sub-committees be known as
licensing panels;
- authorise each licensing panel to
discharge all functions under the Licensing Act 2003 and Gambling
Act 2005 including determining and dealing with applications for
licences, certificates, temporary events and other notices and all
variations, transfers, withdrawals and reviews of such
matters;
- agree that wherever possible applications
should be heard by a licensing 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 of the committee will constitute a properly appointed
licensing panel
- authorise the head of legal and
democratic services to invite an appropriate licensing 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.
Minutes:
The committee considered a
proposal to appoint licensing sub-committees to consider matters
under the Licensing Act 2003 and Gambling Act 2005.
RESOLVED
to:
- appoint licensing sub-committees comprising any three members of
the Licensing Acts Committee;
- appoint each member of the Licensing Acts Committee to serve on
any sub-committee which is convened so as to include her or him in
its membership;
- agree
that the sub-committees be known as licensing panels;
- authorise each
licensing panel to discharge all functions under the Licensing Act
2003 and Gambling Act 2005 including determining and dealing with
applications for licences,
certificates, temporary events and other notices and all
variations, transfers, withdrawals and reviews of such
matters;
- agree
that wherever possible applications should be heard by a licensing
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 of the committee will
constitute a properly appointed licensing panel
- authorise the head of legal
and democratic services to invite an appropriate licensing 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.
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