Regulatory Services Committee - 5 December 2012

Councillors:-

Pam Hames (Chairman)

Les Mead (Vice-Chairman)

Tony Barton

Chris Lucas

Steve Drury

James May

Terry Dos Ramos

Martin Trevett

Paul Gordon

Keith Williams

Barbara Lamb MBE

The Regulatory Services 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 Regulatory Services 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 Regulatory Services Committee held on 17 October 2012 (circulated separately to Members of the Committee).

12 10 17 RG mins (doc)

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.

TAXI RANK  HIGH STREET RICKMANSWORTH

This Committee at its meeting on 23 March 2012 (Minute RG29/11 refers ) decided that the provision of the temporary rank outside Iceland in High Street, Rickmansworth continue and any decision as to whether it should be removed be delayed until October 2012.

An oral report on the usage of this rank will be made at the meeting.

6.

CHANGES TO REGULATION OF INVESTIGATORY POWERS ACT 2000 (RIPA) FOLLOWING THE INTRODUCTION OF THE PROTECTION OF FREEDOMS ACT 2012

To recommend to Council changes to the constitution to reflect recent legislative changes to RIPA.

12 12 05 RG i - (06) changes to ripa (doc)

7.

REVIEW OF PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCIES

To consider if the Council wish to make further representations on proposed changes to Parliamentary Constituencies.

12 12 05 RG i - (07) review of parliamentary constituencies (doc)

8.

REGULATORY SERVICES COMMITTEE WORK PROGRAMME

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

12 12 05 RG i - (08) work prog (doc)

9.

OTHER BUSINESS – if approved under item 3.

10.

EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC

If any 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 the relevant paragraph 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.