Agenda and minutes

Licensing Board Sub-Committee - Monday 25 July 2022 9.30 a.m.

Venue: Town Hall, Moorgate Street, Rotherham S60 2TH

Contact: Dawn Mitchell, Governance Adviser 

Items
No. Item

7.

Declarations of Interest

Minutes:

There were no Declarations of Interest made at the meeting.

8.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

 

The following items are 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).

9.

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

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee, considered a report of the Licensing Manager relating to applications for the review/grant of the hackney carriage/private hire driver licences in respect of Messrs. A.Al-G and I.H.

 

Mr. A.Al-G, together with his 2 GMB representatives, were in attendance.

 

It was noted that an email had been received from the solicitor representing Mr. I.H. in a criminal matter.  The case was not scheduled before Court until later in the year.  The solicitor had advised his client not to attend the hearing until after the Court appearance.

 

Resolved:-  (1)  That the hackney carriage/private hire driver licence in respect of Mr. A.Al.G be revoked.

 

(2)  That Mr. I.H. be advised to withdraw the renewal application of his hackney carriage/private hire driver licence.  If Mr. I.H. chooses to continue with the renewal application, it should be submitted to the next available meeting of the Licensing Board Sub-Committee for consideration.