Issue - meetings

Report of the Director of Corporate Services

The Director of Corporate Services submitted a report to inform Council of a change to the Scheme of Delegation made by the Leader.  The Leader had agreed to an amendment to the Scheme of Delegation to enable the Director for Communities and the Environment to appoint suitable qualified officers to act on behalf of the Council under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018.  This related to licensing of animal activities, namely dog and cat boarding, dog breeding, hiring out horses, selling animals as pets and keeping or training animals for exhibition.

No questions were raised. Council were requested to note the report as required by Paragraph 4(b) of section 2 of Part 3 of the Constitution.   

Resolved:

(1)          That the report be noted.