Minutes for Licensing and Regulatory Committee meeting, Jun 8 2009, 6.30PM official page

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Fenton and Friel.

Members and Officers are requested to give notice of any personal or prejudicial interest and the nature of that interest, relating to any item on the agenda in accordance with the relevant Code of Conduct.

No declarations of interest were received.

Minutes of the meeting held on 20 April, 2009.

RESOLVED:

That subject to the inclusion of Councillor Bradshaw in Apologies for Absence and Councillor Dodd being removed from the list of those present the Minutes of the meeting held on 20 April, 2009 be confirmed as a correct record.

Report of the Environmental Protection Director

The Committee considered the report of the Environmental Protection Director updating on the applications made under the Licensing Act, 2003 which he had determined.

The report indicated that Sefton’s Statement of Licensing Policy followed the recommended delegation of functions contained within the “Guidance issued under Section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003”; that in effect, this meant that where there were no relevant representations on an application for the grant of a premises licence or club premises certificate, or Police objections to an application for a personal licence, then these matters would be dealt with by Officers in order to speed matters through the system; and that the Guidance also recommended that, where powers had been delegated, the Committee would receive regular reports on decisions made so that they maintained an overview of the general licensing situation.

For the period 4 April to 22 May, 2009 the Environmental Protection Director had received and determined 43 applications for premises licences, 27 applications for personal licences, 0 applications for a club premises certificate and 34 notifications for temporary event notices.

RESOLVED:

That the report and the fact that further update reports will be submitted, as necessary, be noted.

Report of the Environmental Protection Director

The Committee considered the report of the Environmental Protection Director updating on the applications made under the Gambling Act, 2005 which he had determined.

The report indicated that Sefton’s Statement of Licensing Policy followed the recommended delegation of functions contained within the “Guidance issued under Section 25 of the Gambling Act 2005”; that in effect, this meant that where there were no relevant representations on an application for the grant of a premises licence or a permit then these matters would be dealt with by Officers in order to speed matters through the system; and that the Guidance also recommended that, where powers had been delegated, the Committee would receive regular reports on decisions made so that they maintained an overview of the general gambling situation.

For the period 4 April to 22 May, 2009 the Environmental Protection Director had received and determined 4 applications for Gambling Premise Licences, 2 applications for Club Machine Permits, 1 Application for Club Gaming Permits and 2 notifications for Licensed Premises Automatic Gaming.

RESOLVED:

That the report and the fact that further updated reports will be submitted, as necessary, be noted.

Report of the Environmental Protection Director

The Committee considered the report of that sought comments on the draft revised Statement of Gambling Licensing Policy. The report also advised Members of the proposals for wider consultation on the draft revised document.

Attached as an annexe to the report was a copy of the Statement of Gambling Licensing Policy.

RESOLVED: That

1)     the draft revised Statement of Gambling Licensing Policy, as detailed at annexe be approved; and

2)     the actions being taken to progress the revision of the Statement of Gambling Licensing Policy be approved.