Committee details

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”.