Licensing Committee - 9 December 2009

Councillors:-

Pam Hames (Chairman)

Les Mead (Vice-Chairman)

Malcolm Butwick

Richard Laval

Mary Connolly

Ralph Sangster

Francis Durham

Martin Trevett

Paul Goggins

Keith Williams

Barbara Lamb MBE

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.  Please note that, in the event of registering your interest to speak on an agenda item but not taking up that right because the item is deferred, you will automatically be given the right to speak on that item at the next meeting of the Licensing Committee.  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 12 August 2009 (copy enclosed for Members of the Committee).

09 08 12 LI mins DOWNLOAD

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 - REVIEW OF STATEMENT OF LICENSING POLICY

To consider comments made following consultation on the Statement of Gambling Principles and to recommend adoption of the final version by Council.

09 12 09 LI i - (05) gambling policy 10-13 complete DOWNLOAD

6.

LICENSING APPEALS

To advise Committee on a recent Licensing Appeal to the Magistrates Court and to consider the implications of the Magistrates’ actions.

09 12 09 LI i - (06) licensing appeals DOWNLOAD

7.

LICENSING COMMITTEE WORK PROGRAMME

To consider and make necessary changes to the Committee’s work programme.

09 12 09 LI i - (07) work prog DOWNLOAD

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.

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OTHER BUSINESS – if approved under item 3.