Agenda and minutes

At this point, Members are asked to declare any personal or prejudicial interests they may have in the business on this agenda

At this point, Members are asked to declare any personal or prejudicial interests they may have in the business on this agenda. None were declared.

To approve and sign the minutes of the Licensing Act 2003 Committee meeting held on 2^nd February 2007.

Queries were raised regarding the following:

·        Minute 17 Resolution (ii) – The Officer said he would report back to Members regarding this.

·        Minute 16 (Paragraph 7) – Members asked whether the Licensing Manager had written to the Police regarding the concerns around general noise. The Officer said that he would report back to Members regarding this.

·        Minute 16 Resolution (iii) – Members asked whether the Licensing Act 2003, One Year On Report had been circulated, as requested, to all Planning Committees. The Officer said he would clarify this and report back to Members.

RESOLVED:             That the minutes if the meeting held on 2^nd February 2007 be approved and signed as a correct record.

At this point in the meeting members of the public who have registered their wish to speak regarding an item on the agenda or an issue within the Committee’s remit can do so. Anyone who wishes to register or requires further information is requested to contact the Democracy Officer on the contact details listed at the foot of this agenda. The deadline for registering is Thursday 7^th June 2007 at 5pm.

It was reported that there were no registrations to speak under the Council’s Public Participation Scheme.

This report asks Members to approve the terms of reference for the Gambling and Licensing Acts Committee and the procedure for the Gambling Act 2005 Sub-Committees.

Members considered a report that asked them to approve the Terms of Reference for the Gambling and Licensing Acts Committee and the procedure for the Gambling Act 2005 Sub-Committees.

RESOLVED:            

(i)           That the Terms of Reference attached at Annex B of the report which laid out the Committee’s statutory duties under the Gambling Act 2005 and the schedule of delegated functions to Officers and Sub-Committees be approved.

(ii)         That the procedure for the Sub-Committees attached at Annex C of the report be approved.

REASON:                  To ensure the effective implementation of the Gambling Act 2005.

This report asks members to recommend to full council a scale of fees to be applied to the Gambling Act 2005 which becomes fully operational on 1^st September 2007.

Members considered a report recommending a scale of fees to be applied to the Gambling Act 2005 which becomes fully operational on 1^st September 2007.

Members considered the following options:

Option 1:                   To approve Annex 2 of the report which shows proposed fees as directly derived from the working papers.

Option 2:                   To approve Annex 3 of the report which shows proposals based on anticipated total costs but proportioned by premise type in line with Government maximums.

Option 3:                   To approve  fees set at the statutory maximums.

Option 4:                   To Implement another fee structure as they see appropriate.

RESOLVED:             That the fee levels proposed at Option 2 and set out in Annex 3 of the report be applied for the implementation of the Gambling Act 2005.

REASON:                  This uses the best estimate of projected costs most likely to achieve full cost recovery and supports smaller local business without facing undue risk of legal challenge.