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Meeting documentation

Meeting documents

Licensing Committee
Wednesday, 25th November, 2009 6.30 pm

ItemDescriptionResolution
Declaration of interests - members are reminded that following the adoption by Council of the new Code of Conduct, any declaration of interest should be made having regard to the new code. In particular, members must make clear the nature of the interest and whether it is 'personal' or 'prejudicial'.

The Monitoring Officer would like to remind members that when they are considering whether the following items are exempt information under the relevant paragraph under part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 they must have regard to the public interest test. This means that members must consider, for each item, whether the public interest in maintaining the exemption from disclosure outweighs the public interest in making the item available to the public.
12 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
No apologies for absence were received.
  
13 DECLARATION OF INTERESTS
There were no interests declared.
  
14 MINUTES
Minutes of the Meeting held on Wednesday, 9th September, 2009
 RESOLVED THAT:

The minutes of the meeting held on 9 September 2009 be approved as a correct record.
15 REVIEW OF HACKNEY CARRIAGE AND PRIVATE HIRE VEHICLE LICENCE CONDITIONS
Consideration was given to the report of the Licensing Team Leader.

In response to a question, the Licensing Team Leader outlined the policy regarding tinted windows.

In response to a question, the Licensing Team Leader explained that licensed vehicles were checked by the Council's depot when the licence was granted and renewed.

In response to questions, members were advised that the Council was required to provide an interpreter when necessary, as it was a legal requirement to ensure a fair hearing.

A discussion of language testing followed. Members were advised that a proposed condition would be brought to the Committee following the conclusion of the statutory consultation period.
 RESOLVED THAT:

a) The amendments to the Hackney Carriage Vehicle Licence conditions be approved.

b) The amendments to the Private Hire Vehicle Licence conditions be approved.

c) Authorisation to make minor amendments to the vehicle conditions be delegated to the Commercial Services Manager.
Published on Monday, 30th November, 2009
Councillor E J Purver entered the meeting at 6.34pm.

The meeting closed at 6.52pm.

Attendance Details

Present:
Councillor N Smith (Chairman) (In the Chair).

Councillors G Allman, C Bowley, D Everitt, P Holland, C Meynell, G Partner, E J Purver, P Purver, V Richichi and R Woodward.

Officers: Mr A Cooper, Mr S Eyre, Mrs S Roberts and Miss M Terry.