The Committee agreed to elect Councillor Mary Clarkson as Chair for the Council Year 2012/13.

The Committee agreed to elect Councillor Alan Armitage as Vice-Chair for the Council Year 2012/13.

No substitutes are allowed and the Quorum is 5 Members.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Jim Campbell, Rae Humberstone and Dee Sinclair.

Councillors serving on the Committee are asked to declare any personal or prejudicial interests they may have in any of the following agenda items.

None declared.

The Head of Law and Governance will report on this item.

The Head of Law and Governance informed the Committee that full Council had agreed to change the reporting route concerning licensing policy, namely that consideration of reports concerning the making of, or any changes to policies would now be undertaken by the City Executive Board which would then make recommendations to full Council which had responsibility for setting policies and any changes.

Members of the Committee were of the understanding that licensing policies etc. would still come to the Licensing and Gambling Acts Committee, to allow it to make comments, which would be passed to the City Executive Board to consider when making its recommendations to full Council.

The Committee agreed to inform the City Executive Board of its wish to continue to receive reports concerning draft polices and proposed changes to existing policies before they were presented to the City Executive Board, as Members felt that they were best placed in the first instance to make comments as they undertook licensing responsibilities such as attending hearings etc. on a regular basis.

The Head of Law and Governance has submitted a report, the purpose of which is to establish licensing casework sub-committees for the 2012 - 13 Council Year to deal with casework flowing from the Council’s responsibilities under the Licensing Act 2003 and the Gambling Act 2005.

The Committee is asked:

(a)       To appoint as many casework licensing sub-committees of three members as there are combinations of three members in the total number of members of the Committee;

(b)       To agree that the Sub-Committees’ powers and duties be as set out in the Annex to the report.

The Head of Law and Governance submitted a report (previously circulated, now appended) the purpose of which was to establish Licensing Casework Sub-Committee for the 2012/13 Council Year to deal with casework flowing from the Council’s responsibilities under the Licensing Act 2003 and the Gambling Act 2005.

The Committee agreed:

(a)       To appoint as many casework licensing Sub-Committees of three members as there were combinations of three members in the total number of Members of the Committee;

(b)       To approve the Sub-Committees’ powers and duties as set out in the report.

The Head of Law and Governance has submitted a report which seeks agreement for the removal of the restriction preventing ward Members from sitting on Licensing Hearings concerning applications for premises within the Members ward.

The Committee is asked to agree to the removal of the current convention of disqualifying Members from sitting on casework sub-committees to determine applications which concern premises within their own ward.

The Head of Law and Governance submitted a report (previously circulated, now appended) which sought agreement for the removal of the restriction preventing ward members from siting on Licensing Hearings concerning applications for premises within their ward.

The Committee agreed to the removal of the current convention of disqualifying Members from siting on casework sub-committees to determine applications which concerned premises within their own ward.

The Head of Environmental Development has submitted a report the purpose of which is to inform Committee of activities undertaken by the Licensing Authority under the Licensing Act 2003 and Gambling Act 2005 between January 2012 and March 2012.

The Committee is asked:

(a)       To note the contents of the report; and

(b)       To make any comments and recommendations regarding the future work of the Licensing Function.

The Head of Environmental Development submitted a report (previously circulated, now appended) which informed the Committee of activities undertaken by the Licensing Authority under the Licensing Act 2003 and Gambling Act 2005 between January and March 2012.

Julian Alison introduced the report and highlighted a proposal to provide funding to the Street Pastors Scheme of £1750 to provide bottled water and flip-flops.

The Committee agreed:

(a)       To note the report;

(b)       To support the granting of £1750 to the Street Pastors Scheme for the provision of bottled water and flip-flops from within existing budgets of the Licensing authority function.

Minutes of the meeting held on 22^nd February 2012.

The Committee agreed to approve the minutes (previously circulated, now appended) of the meeting held on 22^nd February 2012.

The Committee is asked to note that it will meet on the following dates at the Town Hall:

Wednesday 17^th October 2012

Tuesday 19^th February 2013

The Committee noted that it would meet in the Town Hall at 5.00pm on the following dates:

Wednesday 17^th October 2012

Tuesday 19^th February 2013