Licensing Committee

Membership: 12 Quorum: 4 Substitutes: Named substitutes (who have been trained) Frequency: At least 2 times per year   Main Purpose

•               Discharge of all statutory licensing and registration functions.   Key Responsibilities

•               Licensing Act 2003 and Gambling Act 2005 functions (except statements of policy).

•               Trading requirements, hackney carriage/private hire, animal welfare, skin piercing, sex establishments, pavement permits, charitable collections, camping/caravan sites/mobile homes, scrap metal, game dealers.

•               Manage and monitor budgets in respect of licensing.

•               Determining fees and charges relevant to the committee.

•               Appointing representatives to outside bodies within remit.

•               Advising the Scrutiny Committee on matters requiring scrutiny.

•               The Licensing Committee delegates authority to its Sub-Committees to hear and determine applications arising under the Licensing Act 2003, Gambling Act 2005, and other relevant licensing and registration functions, including but not limited to taxi licensing and market trading, in accordance with statutory requirements and Council procedures.   Licensing Sub-Committee

•               The Licensing Sub-Committee shall be comprised of three Members of the Licensing Committee, selected on a case-by-case basis and excluding substitutes. All Members must have received appropriate regulatory training.

•               The Sub-Committee will be responsible for hearing and determining licensing applications and appeals where objections and/or representations have been received, in relation to any of the functions delegated to the Licensing Committee.