Issue - meetings
Public Protection Legal Actions
Meeting: 05/07/2011 - Decision Session - Executive Member for Economy and Strategic Planning (Item 5)
5 Public Protection Legal Actions 
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The purpose of this report is to enable the Cabinet Member for Community Safety to review the results of legal actions (prosecutions, cautions and fixed penalties) undertaken by Environmental Health, Trading Standards and Licensing Services in the Communities and Neighbourhoods Directorate for the period 1 January 2011 – 31 March 2011 and approve the continuation of the current enforcement policy.
Additional documents:
Decision:
RESOLVED: That the Cabinet Member approves the report and the continuation of the current enforcement policy.
REASON: So that the Cabinet Member reviews formal enforcement activity undertaken by Environmental Health, Trading Standards and Licensing Services.
Minutes:
Consideration was given to a report which had been prepared to enable the Cabinet Member to review the results of legal action, prosecutions, cautions and fixed penalties undertaken by Environmental Health, Trading Standards and Licensing Services in the Communities and Neighbourhoods Directorate for the period 1 January 2011 to 31 March 2011.
Details of the individual cases were set out at Annex A of the report and Officers confirmed that, in accordance with the policy each case had been considered on its merits before legal proceedings were instituted.
RESOLVED: That the Cabinet Member approves the report and the continuation of the current enforcement policy.
REASON: So that the Cabinet Member reviews formal enforcement activity undertaken by Environmental Health, Trading Standards and Licensing Services.