This
committee shall comprise of 12 members of the Council and meet on
an ad hoc basis when summoned by the Assistant Director (Legal and
Democratic Services) to deal with matters specified on the
Agenda.
The
functions of the Licensing and Health and Safety Enforcement
Committee shall be:
(i)
to fulfil the role of the licensing committee of the
Council in its capacity as a licensing authority under section 6 of
the Licensing Act 2003 and section 154 of the Gambling Act 2005,
and
(ii)
to exercise all the powers of the Council relating
to the grant, renewal, refusal, variation, cancellation, or
imposition of conditions upon any licence or authorisation which
the Council has a power or duty to issue, including the
following:
·
Hackney carriages and private hire vehicles, drivers
and operators
·
Sale and supply of alcohol, regulated entertainment
and late night refreshment (Licensing
Act 2003)
·
Non remote gambling by way of betting, gaming or
lotteries (Gambling Act 2005)
·
Sex shops, sex cinemas and sexual entertainment
venues
·
Animal welfare related establishments
·
Food safety
·
Caravan sites, camping sites and moveable
dwellings
·
Street trading
·
Charitable collections
·
Acupuncture, tattooing, piercing and
electrolysis
·
The registration of persons or premises in pursuance
of other public health, safety or related functions
·
Any other licensing matter as may from time to time require determination by the
Council.
(iii)
to exercise all the powers of the Council relating to the setting
of fees and charges, policies (where not otherwise prohibited) and
guidance for the above mentioned
authorisations.
(iv)
to exercise all the functions relating to health and
safety under any “relevant statutory provision” within
the meaning of Part I of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, to
the extent that those functions are discharged otherwise than in
the Council’s capacity as employer.
(v) to exercise
all the powers of the Council relating to the making of an order
identifying a place as a designated public place for the purposes
of police powers in relation to alcohol consumption (section 13(2)
of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001).
