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Licensing Committee
Composition:
10 Councillors in political balance. Chair appointed by Council
annually.
All
members of the Committee must:
(a)
have undertaken mandatory training on the relevant law and
procedures which relate to the Committee’s work,
toinclude an annual early hours visit with the Licensing Team;
and
(b)
undertake further mandatory training, on an ad hoc basis, when
there are changes to procedure or relevant legislation that are
deemed significant by the relevant Chief Officer.
Terms of Reference:
1.1
To exercise licensing and registration functions,
grant permissions, issue permits, make variations (including
rescinding licences), make orders or notices and undertake such other regulatory
functions as may be required, along with authorising associated
enforcement action, including in connection with:
(a)
Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Vehicle, Operator
and Driver licences under the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 and the
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976;
(b)
Caravan Site licensing development/control and
moveable dwellings/camping sites;
(c)
Sex shops and sex cinemas under the Local Government
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982;
(d)
Acupuncture, tattooing, semi-permanent skin
colouring, piercing, electrolysis and other health and beauty
treatments;
(e)
Pleasure boats and pleasure vessels;
(f)
Markets and Street Trading licences and consents;
(g)
Permissions under Section 115E and Notices under
Section 115G of the Highways Act 1980 for the provision of
services, amenities, recreation and refreshment facilities on
pedestrianised areas;
(h)
Food supply, preparation, hygiene including
restaurants, mobile and take-away food shops (including Closing
Orders);
(i)
Game licensing and food legislation including
functions relating to meat, fish, shellfish, dairy, poultry, eggs,
butchering and food safety;
(j)
Scrap Metal Dealers and motor salvage operators;
(k)
Zoos, animals, pets, dog breeding and slaughterhouses;
(l)
Street collections, charitable activities and house
to house collections;
(m)Loudspeakers,
noise and statutory nuisances;
(n)
Second-hand goods dealers under the County of
Lancashire Act 1984;
(o)
Employment of children;
(p)
Licensing Act 2003 and Gambling Act 2005 functions
including premises related functions;
(q)
Gaming and Lotteries and Amusement Act responsibilities;
(r)
Public Place Protection Orders
(s)
Alcohol Disorder Zones; and
(t)
Pavement Licences under the Business and Planning
Act 2020.
1.2
To impose any condition, limitation or other
restriction on any approval, consent, licence, permission, order,
notice or registration issued or granted, which is the
responsibility of the Committee, and to determine any other terms
to which it is subject;
1.3
To set the levels of any fee for an approval,
licence, consent, permit, notice, order or registration which is
the responsibility of the Committee;
1.4
To amend, vary, modify or revoke any approval,
consent, licence, permission, order, notice or registration which
is the responsibility of the Committee or any condition, limitation
or term thereof;
1.5
To discharge any non-executive functions relating to
contaminated land, control of pollution, management of air quality
or statutory nuisance;
1.6
To develop Licensing and Gambling Policies for
consideration by the Cabinet and Full Council;
1.7
To appoint the Chairs of ad-hoc Licensing
Sub-Committees as required from time to time and draw members from
the Licensing Committee for those Sub-Committees; and
1.8
To delegate licensing functions to Sub-Committees as
required and to exercise any functions of the Licensing
Sub-Committees that may be appropriate from time to
time.