Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

9.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

 

The following item is likely to be considered in the absence of the press and public as being exempt under the Police Act 1997 and Paragraphs 3 and 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (business affairs and prevention of crime)

Minutes:

Resolved:- That, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the Police Act 1997 and Paragraphs 3 and 7 of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (business affairs and prevention of crime).

10.

Applications for the Grant of Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Drivers' Licences

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee of the Licensing Board considered a report, presented by the Licensing Manager, relating to applications for the grant of hackney carriage/private hire drivers’ licences in respect of Messrs. S.H., B.J.T., A.S.W. and I.H.S.

 

Messrs. S.H., B.J.T., A.S.W. and I.H.S. all attended the meeting and were interviewed by the Sub-Committee.

 

Resolved:- (1) That the application for the grant of a hackney carriage/private hire driver’s licence in respect of Mr. S.H. be refused.

 

(2) That the application for the grant of a hackney carriage/private hire driver’s licence in respect of Mr. B.J.T. be approved and he be granted a licence for a period of three years.

 

(3) That the application for the grant of a hackney carriage/private hire driver’s licence in respect of Mr. A.S.W. be approved and he be granted a licence for a period of three years.

 

(4) That, further to Minute No. C34(1) of the Commissioner’s Case Hearing meeting held on 25th January, 2016, the application for the grant of a hackney carriage/private hire driver’s licence in respect of Mr. I.H.S. be refused.

 

(Councillor Hague requested that his vote against the grant of a driver’s licence in respect of Mr. A.S.W. be recorded in the minutes of this meeting)

 

(During consideration of the application from Mr. I. H. S., the applicant stated that he knew Councillor Beaumont from his school days; in turn, Councillor Beaumont confirmed that the applicant was known to her from that time in the past; therefore, Councillor Beaumont left the meeting and did not participate in the remainder of the meeting, nor in the Sub-Committee’s decision-making in respect of that specific application)