Agenda and draft minutes
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Contact: Geoff Durham
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Declarations of Interest To receive declarations of interest from Members on items contained within the agenda. Minutes: There were no declarations of interest stated. |
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Minutes of Previous Meeting Resolved: That the minutes of the meeting held on 19 June, 2017 be agreed as a correct record. Minutes: Resolved: That the minutes of the meeting held on 19 June, 2017 be agreed as a correct record. |
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Minutes of Sub Committee Meetings To consider the minutes of the Licensing Sub-Committees which have met since the previous Licensing Committee. Minutes: Resolved: That the minutes of the Licensing Sub-Committee(s) held on 12 and 20 September, 2017 be agreed as correct records. |
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Immigration Act 2016 Minutes: Consideration was given to a report notifying Members of amendments that had been made to the Licensing Act, 2003 following implementation of the Immigration Act, 2016.
Members attention was drawn to paragraph 1.2 of the report which listed the amendments.
The Chair queried paragraph 5.2 regarding the Council’s duty to check that applicants had an entitlement to work in the UK. Mr Matt Burton, the Council’s Licensing Manager advised Members that only new applicants from 6 April, 2017 onwards would need to be checked.
Councillor Tagg queried paragraphs 6.1 and 6.2 regarding entitlement to work checks and whether our officers had to go to them. Mr Burton stated that as they were multi-agency visits one of our officers did go out to check the licensing conditions.
Resolved: That Members note the amendments to the Licensing Act, 2003
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Licensing Fees and Charges 2018-19 Minutes: Consideration was given to a report regarding the fees to be charged in relation to the licensing of Scrap Metal dealers, Gambling and Sexual Entertainment Venues.
Members’ attention was drawn to paragraph 2.3 of the report which detailed the proposed license fees and charges.
Resolved: That the fees to be charged for the licensing of Scrap Metal Dealers, Gambling and Sexual Entertainment Venues, for the 2018/19 financial year and as detailed in the report, be agreed. |
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Urgent Business To consider any business which is urgent within the meaning of Section 100B (4) of the Local Government Act 1972
Minutes: There was no urgent business. |