PAPER A
TERMS OF REFERENCE
Licensing Committee
1.
To consider and determine any application or appeal
in relation to the licensing or grant of consent or permission where
(i)
the law or Council policy requires the decision to
be taken by elected members.
(ii)
an officer with delegated powers declines to
exercise those powers, having considered representations, or for any other
reason.
(iii)
the licence, consent or permission is contained
within the list set out below OR is not otherwise specifically delegated to
another part of the Council.
2.
To adopt policy in relation to the licensing or
grant of consent or permission where the law allows the Licensing Committee to
determine that policy.
3.
Licensing functions include the grant, renewal,
refusal, revocation, variation, cancellation, imposition of conditions, (and
appeals against any such action) in relation to the following regulated
activities:
1.
Acupuncture, Tattooing, Ear piercing and Electrolysis.
2.
Gaming by means of machines.
3.
Competitions and Amusements (Bingo).
4.
Caravan Site.
5.
Cinemas.
6.
Dangerous Wild Animals.
7.
Breeding of Dogs.
8.
Rag Flock and other Filling Materials.
9.
Gaming.
10.
Game Licenses.
11.
Guard Dogs.
12.
House to House Collections.
13.
Late Night Refreshment Houses.
14.
Lotteries and Amusements.
15.
Pet Shops.
16.
Pleasure boats and boatmen.
17.
Regulation of Street Collections.
18.
Street Trading.
19.
Theatres.
20.
Zoos.
21.
Minibuses.
22.
Animal Boarding Establishments.
23.
Sunday Trading.
24.
Private Place of Entertainment.
25.
Public Entertainments.
26.
Riding Establishments.
27.
Scrap Metal Dealers.
28.
Sex Establishments.
29.
Slaughterhouses and Knackers Yards.
30.
Nurses Agencies.
31.
Track Betting.
32.
Door Staff.
33.
Poisons, Explosives.
34.
Pool Promotions.
35.
Sports Grounds.
36.
Marriage Premises.
37.
Performing Animals.
38.
Dairy and Dairymen.
39.
Open Air Events under the
40.
Hackney Carriages and Private Hire Vehicles.
41.
Movement of Animals.
42.
Liquor Licensing.
and any other registration or licensing function not specifically
delegated elsewhere in this constitution, or by the law.
Meetings
Meetings
of the Committee will commence at a time that in the opinion of the Chairman
meets the needs of applicants, objectors or other interested parties.
Quorum
The quorum of Licensing Committee will be 5. The Chairman will chair,
unless absent in which case the meeting will elect one of the present Vice
Chairmen to chair the meeting.