NOTICE OF MEETING
SUB-COMMITTEE:
LICENSING & REGULATORY (NO. 7)
DAY/DATE: TUESDAY,
3RD JULY 2007
TIME:
2.30PM
VENUE: EAST
COMMITTEE ROOM
MUNICIPAL
BUILDINGS
EARLE
STREET, CREWE
Despatch
date: 25th
June 2007
Enquiries to: Carol Jones
Tel: 01270 537598
Fax: 01270 537605
E-mail: agendas@crewe-nantwich.gov.uk
To:
Members of Licensing and Regulatory Sub-Committee No.
7
(for attendance)
Councillors D N Bebbington, A Crawford, W S Davies (Chair), B H
Dykes,
J Lewis, R Stafford, C Waling and L T Wood
Other Members of the Committee (for information)
Chief
Executive, Executive Directors
Licensing Team Officers – Legal Services
Notes to Members of the Public
The Licensing and Regulatory Committee
consists of 15 elected Members. The Committee has 7 standing
Sub-Committees. Sub-Committees 1 to 5 (3 Members on each)
deal with applications under the Licensing Act 2003, Sub-Committees
6 and 7 (8 Members on each) deal with personnel matters and Hackney
Carriage and Private Hire licensing issues.
The Borough Council welcomes and encourages
members of the public to attend its Committee, Board and Council
meetings. If you plan to attend, please report to the
Reception Desk in the Municipal Buildings, where you will be
provided with a Visitor’s Pass.
Car parking is not available at the
Municipal Buildings, but there are several town centre car
parks. There is a disabled access to the rear of the
Municipal Buildings, and this can be accessed through the side door
on Vernon Way. Please press the button for attention, and
someone will meet you and escort you through to the main reception
area.
You are asked to remain quiet whilst the
meeting is taking place, and to enter and leave the meeting room,
or public gallery of the Council Chamber, as quietly as
possible. Please ensure that if you have a mobile phone or
pager, it is switched off for the duration of the meeting.
You are not allowed to have drinks or food
in the meeting rooms, nor in the Public Gallery. A “No
Smoking” policy operates in the Municipal Buildings.
Fire Evacuation
If the fire alarm rings, you should make
your way to the nearest exit with your belongings, as quickly as
possible, and leave the building. Please follow any
instructions from staff about evacuation
routes.
Copies of the agenda will be available if
you attend. Agendas are also made available on the Internet and can
be accessed via the Council’s website – see front page for
details.
On occasions, members of the press and
public will be excluded from the meetings when the business to be
transacted is of a confidential nature, for example, dealing with
individual people, contracts and financial affairs of other
parties.
If you require any further information,
please contact Carol Jones the Committee Officer (details on front
page).
AGENDA
1
Declaration of Interests
Any Member present (including
non-Sub-Committee Members) to declare any personal or prejudicial
interest, and the nature of the interest, which they have in any
item of business on the agenda and, if necessary, to leave the
meeting prior to discussion of that item.
Members who also serve as County, Town or
Parish Councillors are reminded of the need to make declarations in
respect of any item which directly concerns the business of the
appropriate authority.
Declarations are a personal matter for each
Member to decide. Whilst Officers will advise on the Code of
Conduct and its interpretation, the decision to declare, or not, is
the responsibility of the Member, based on the particular
circumstances.
2
Minutes of the Meeting held on 10th April
2007
To approve as a correct
record the Minutes of the previous Sub-Committee No. 7 meeting held
on 10th April 2007. (2)
3
Conviction of Holder of Hackney Carriage and Private Hire
Licence
The report of the Executive Director
(Environment and Development) (3) gives details of the holder of a
licence to drive Hackney Carriage and Private Hire vehicles and has
been prosecuted by the Council and convicted of plying for hire in
a private hire vehicle and of having no insurance.
The Sub-Committee is asked to determine what
course of action to take in respect of the entitlement of the
licence-holder to continue to hold his licence.
4
Conviction of Holder of Hackney Carriage and Private Hire
Licence
The report of the Executive Director
(Environment and Development) (4) gives details of the holder of a
licence to drive Hackney Carriage and Private Hire vehicles and has
been prosecuted by the Council and convicted of plying for hire in
a private hire vehicle and of having no insurance.
The Sub-Committee is asked to determine what
course of action to take in respect of the entitlement of the
licence-holder to continue to hold his licence.
5
Conviction of Holder of Hackney
Carriage and Private Hire Licence
The report of the Executive Director
(Environment and Development) (5) gives details of the holder of a
licence to drive Hackney Carriage and Private Hire vehicles and has
been prosecuted by the Council and convicted of plying for hire in
a private hire vehicle and of having no insurance.
The Sub-Committee is asked to determine what
course of action to take in respect of the entitlement of the
licence-holder to continue to hold his licence.
6
Alleged Breach of Licence
Condition by the Holder of a Hackney Carriage and Private Hire
Vehicle Driver's Licence
The report of the Executive Director
(Environment and Development) (6) gives details of the holder of a
licence to drive Hackney Carriage and Private Hire vehicles who has
allegedly breached the condition of his licence which requires him
to behave in a civil and orderly manner.
The Sub-Committee is asked to find whether the
licence-holder was in breach of his licence condition and, if so
found, determine what course of action to take in respect of the
breach of condition by the licence-holder.