LICENSING
SUB-COMMITTEES
TERMS OF REFERENCE
The Terms of Reference of a Licensing Sub-Committee shall
include the functions of the
Licensing and Public Safety Committee with the exception of
the consideration of policy issues,
which the Licensing and Public Safety
Committee has reserved
to itself.
MATTERS RESERVED TO THE LICENSING HEARINGS SUB-COMMITTEE
1. Decisions required under the
Licensing Act 2003 or the Gambling Act 2005,
which the law determines
cannot be taken by an officer.
2. Decisions required under the
Licensing Act 2003 or the Gambling Act 2005 where
the Director Neighbourhoods & Environmental Services considers that the existing policy does not provide sufficient clarity on determining the application and/or
where it would be more appropriate for the application to be determined by the Sub-Committee.
3. All
matters within the Terms of Reference of a Licensing Sub-Committee which are not reserved to Full Council, the
Licensing and Public Safety Committee or a Sub- Committee as stated above, are delegated to the Director
Neighbourhoods & Environmental Services.
N.B. The
City Council’s Constitution Council Procedure Rule Part 4A rule 44 (i) (iv)
states that decisions which, in the opinion of the Monitoring Officer,
are of a quasi- judicial
nature, which includes
the decisions of a Licensing
Sub- Committee may not
be the subject of an “Objection”.