Agenda and minutes

Licensing Committee - Thursday, 26 July 2012 9.30 am

Venue: Meadfoot Room, Town Hall, Castle Circus, Torquay, TQ1 3DR

Contact: Kay Heywood  Governance Support Officer

Items
No. Item

8.

Apologies

To receive any apologies for absence, including notifications of any changes to the membership of the Committee.

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Amil, Barnby, Butt, Cowell and Doggett.

9.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 32 KB

To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of this Committee held on 24 May 2012.

Minutes:

The Minutes of the meeting of the Licensing Committee held on 24 May 2012 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

10.

Gambling Act 2005 'Statement of Principles 2013', (Gambling Policy) pdf icon PDF 163 KB

 

To inform Members of the content of the draft ‘Gambling Policy’, (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Statement of Principles 2013’), which Torbay Council is required to write and publish every three years. The consultation period for this Policy will commence on the 1st August for a period of 12 weeks, concluding 24th October 2012 and any Representations made by the Licensing Committee will be considered as part of that consultation process. 

 

 

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee considered a report which set out the Gambling Act 2005 ‘Statement of Principles 2013’, (Gambling Policy).

 

Resolved

that the Draft Statement of Principles 2012 be endorsed subject to the following amendments being considered as part of the consultation process:

 

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Item Number

Change

8

Paragraph 3

The three towns of Torbay and its environs have a combined population of ‘around’ 134,000...

12

2.1

Remove sentence starting ‘Historically the local economy...’

18

9.12

Councillor Faulkner to contact the Business Manager from the Children’s Safeguarding Board for clarification of this item

22

15.7

Replace Torbay Care Trust with Torbay & Southern Devon Health & Care NHS Trust and update throughout the document

26

19.2

Second sentence – A decision to pass such a resolution will ‘be taken’ by the Authority...

31

22.18

The Committee would like all abbreviations explained in a Glossary or put in full – ALCATEL, OJEU...

 

 

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