Meeting documents

Regulatory Committee (2005-2016)
Thursday, 3rd February, 2011 7.30 pm

Date:
Thursday, 3rd February, 2011
Time:
7:30 pm
Place:
New Council Chamber, Town Hall, Reigate
 

Attendance Details

Present:
Councillor A.M. Lynch (Chairman), Councillors S.S. Banwait, Mrs. L.J. Brunt, M.A. Brunt†, Dr. L.R. Hack, R. Harper, A.C. Horwood, G.L. Norman and Ms. B.J. Thomson.
Substitutes:
Cllr M.A. Brunt
Min NoDescriptionResolution
Part I
22. MINUTES
 RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meeting held on 16th December 2010 be approved as a correct record and signed.

(NOTE: A revised set of Minutes was circulated before the meeting correcting the list of those present.)
23 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND SUBSTITUTIONS
 Councillor R.M. Bennett (sub: Councillor M.A. Brunt) and
Councillor S.T. Walsh
24 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
 There were no declarations of interest.
25 POLICING AND CRIME ACT 2009
Minute for Minute Number 25
RESOLVED that Council be RECOMMENDED to:

(i) adopt Schedule 3 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982, as amended by section 27 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009, to come into force from 1st April 2011;

(ii) delegate to the Regulatory Committee authority to deal with applications under Schedule 3, as amended; and

(iii) set the fee level for applications under Schedule 3, as amended, in line with that for other Sex Establishment Licences.
26 EXEMPT BUSINESS
RECOMMENDED that members of the Press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that:
 RESOLVED that members of the Press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business under section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that:

(i) it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act; and

(ii) the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.
27 ANY OTHER URGENT BUSINESS
 None.
Part II(Confidential)
28 LOCAL GOVERNMENT (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1972 SECTION 61 - REVOCATION OF DRIVERS LICENCE
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    (Attachment: 4)Agenda item: 7
Minute for Minute Number 28
RESOLVED that it be noted that the licence holder has now formally surrendered his private hire driver and vehicle licences
7.43 pm

Minute

Min NoMinute
25The Committee received a report informing it of new powers introduced under Section 27 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009, which amended Schedule 3 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 to include reference to sexual entertainment venues (SEV) such as lap, table and pole dancing clubs.


Adoption of Schedule 3 would mean SEVs being required to obtain a licence under the same regime as for sex shops and sex cinemas. The new powers would provide local authorities with a wider range of grounds for refusing an application than the Licensing Act 2003, and would give local residents a greater say in the regulation of entertainment such as lap dancing in local pubs and similar venues in their area.

Although adoption of the new powers under the 2009 Act was not mandatory, a public consultation would have to be undertaken should the authority not adopt the provisions before 6th April 2011.

Officers reported that a small Surrey-based group of licensing officers had been established to draft a policy framework for dealing with applications, and that a report upon this would be brought back to the Committee in due course.

The report proposed adoption of Schedule 3 and that applications for a SEV should be dealt with by the Regulatory Committee in the same manner and with the same scale of fees as for applications for a sex shop licence under the provisions of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982
28At its meeting on 16th December 2010, the Committee received a report on a number of complaints received from members of the public about a private hire licence holder.

The licence holder did not attend the meeting and, in his absence and in view of the serious nature of the allegations being made against him, the Committee agreed to suspend his licence until its next meeting, to allow the licence holder a further opportunity to attend and state his case.

The report now before the Committee advised members that the licence holder had formally surrendered both his private hire vehicle and driver licences on 1st January 2011.

No further action was therefore required.