Licensing Committee - 21 November 2007
Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House21st November 2007
LICENSING COMMITTEE
NOTICE AND AGENDA
For a meeting to be held in the Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House, Northway, Rickmansworth, on Wednesday, 21 November 2007 at 7.30pm.
Members of the Committee:-
Councillors:- | Pam Hames(Chairman) | Paul Goggins(Vice Chairman) |
Francis Durham | Les Mead | |
Chris Hayward | Ralph Sangster | |
Barbara LambMBE | Martin Trevett | |
Richard Laval | Brian White | |
Joy Mann |
Tony Beirne, Director of Strategic Services
12 November 2007
The Licensing Committee welcomes contributions from members of the public to its discussion on agenda items. Contributions will be limited to one person speaking for and one against each item for not more than three minutes. Details of the procedure and the list for registering the wish to speak will be available for a short period before the meeting.
1. | APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE | |||
2. | MINUTES | |||
To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 3 October 2007 (copy enclosed for Members of the Committee).
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3. | NOTICE OF OTHER BUSINESS | |||
Items of other business notified under Council Procedure Rule 31 to be announced, together with the special circumstances, which justify their consideration as a matter of urgency. The Chairman to rule on the admission of such items. | ||||
4. | DECLARATION OF INTERESTS | |||
To receive any declarations of interest. | ||||
5. | GAMBLING ACT 2005 - DELEGATION OF LICENSING FUNCTIONS | |||
To consider (i) an application to vary the number of gaming machines in an alcohol licensed premises and (ii) to consider the delegation of licensing functions to officers under the Gambling Act 2005.
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6. | FIRST REVIEW OF LICENSING POLICY | |||
To report on responses to the consultation on the Council's first formal review of the Statement of Licensing Policy and to recommend to Council the adoption of a revised Policy.
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7. | WORK PROGRAMME | |||
To consider and make necessary changes to the Committee's work programme.
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8. | OTHER BUSINESS - if approved under item 3. | |||
9. | EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC | |||
If confidential business is approved under item 3, it will also be necessary to specify the class of exempt or confidential information in the additional item(s) and a resolution to be passed in the following terms:- | ||||
"that under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined under paragraphs (1-7) of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act". It has been decided by the Council that in all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. | ||||
1. | OTHER BUSINESS - if approved under item 3. | |||
