Agenda and minutes

Councillor Lee Mason was appointed chair for the meeting.

There were no declarations of interest.

In the view of the contents of the following items of business on the

agenda, the Licensing Sub-Committee is RECOMMENDED to adopt the

following motion:

"Under the provisions of Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972

as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985,

the press and public be excluded for the consideration of the following item

on the grounds that the report contains information defined as exempt in

Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972."

The public interest in maintaining the exemption must outweigh the public

interest in disclosing the information.

(NB The exempt/confidential committee papers on the agenda will contain information which is commercially, legally or personally sensitive and

should not be divulged to third parties. Members are reminded of standing

order restrictions on the disclosure of exempt information and are invited

to return their exempt documentation to the Local Democracy Officer at

 the conclusion of the meeting for shredding).

Agenda item and paragraph numbers:

4 - Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 and/or Town

Police Clauses Act 1847 - Consideration of Private Hire Driver's Licence

 - Mr P

(Paragraphs 1, 2 & 3).

5 - Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 and/or Town

Police Clauses Act 1847- Consideration of Private Hire Driver's Licence

- Mrs C

(Paragraphs 1, 2 & 3).

(Paragraph 1 relates to information of an individual, paragraph 2 relates to

 the identity of an individual and paragraph 3 relates to financial or business

affairs of any particular person).

RESOLVED that the following motion was adopted:

"Under the provisions of Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, the press and public be excluded for the consideration of the following items on the grounds that the reports contain information defined as exempt in Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972."

Agenda items and paragraph numbers

4 - Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 and/or Town Police Clauses Act 1847 - Consideration of Private Hire Driver's Licence -

Mr P

5 - Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 and/or Town Police Clauses Act 1847 - Consideration of Private Hire Driver's Licence -

Mrs C

Purpose

To consider the revocation of the driver's licence previously issued to Mr P pursuant to Section 61 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976.

RECOMMENDED that the driver's licence previously granted to Mr P be  revoked as considered appropriate by the Licensing Sub-Committee pursuant to section 61, Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976.

An exempt report is available for members of the Licensing Sub-Committee only.

Mr P was in attendance and was accompanied by a friend Mr H.

The simplified hearing procedure was followed.

RESOLVED that the private hire driver's licence previously granted to Mr P be suspended for a period of 7 days until mid-day on the 17^th December 2015 as considered appropriate by the Licensing Sub-committee  pursuant to section 61 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976.

Purpose

To consider the revocation of the driver's licence previously issued to Mrs C pursuant to Section 61 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976.

RECOMMENDED that the driver's licence previously granted to Mrs C be  revoked as considered appropriate by the Licensing Sub-Committee pursuant to section 61, Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976.

An exempt report is available for members of the Licensing Sub-Committee only.

Mrs C had informed the licencing office prior to the hearing that she would not be attending.

RESOLVED that the private hire driver's licence previously granted to Mrs C be revoked as considered appropriate by the Licensing Sub-committee pursuant to section 61 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976.