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Items
No. |
Item |
LA1 |
Notification of apologies for absence
To
receive notification of apologies for absence.
Minutes:
An apology for absence was
submitted on behalf of Councillor Aidan Melville.
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LA2 |
Minutes
To
adopt and sign as a correct record the minutes of the committee
meeting held on 17 September 2013
(previously published).
Minutes:
RESOLVED: to adopt as a correct record
the minutes of the committee meeting held on 17 September 2013 and
agree that the chairman signs them.
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LA3 |
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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